Vanity Fair cartoons

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0117 VF
Held at	: Royal Society   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://royalsociety.org/collections/ ›
Full title	: Vanity Fair cartoons
Date(s)	: 1869 -1912
Level of description	: Sub-fonds
Extent	: 1 bound volume and 20 loose cartoons with accompanying text
Name of creator(s)	: Vanity Fair
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

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Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Cartoons of eminent men of the day, 18 of which are bound together in a volume including photographs and signatures of the individuals; the volume is inscribed " C S Sherrington 1927". The cartoons were published in conjunction with articles by "Jehu Junior" in Vanity Fair between 1869 and 1912. Some of the cartoons are accompanied by the text of the article. Most of the subjects were Fellows of the Royal Society.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

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Archival Information

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Allied Materials

Related material:

Sykes, Alan H 'The Doctors in Vanity Fair' 1995, Titus Wilson and Son Kendal.

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions:
General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Feb 2009.