An original Vanity Fair Lithograph presented to to Lord Hattersley by his wife Molly on the occasion of 25 yrs as a member of parliament for “Sparbrook” Birmingham.
Liborio Prosperi (‘Lib’) a.k.a. Liberio Prosperi (Foligno, 1854 – Foligno, 1928), was an Italian-born artist who belonged to a group of international artists producing caricatures for the British Vanity Fair magazine. He contributed 55 caricatures between 1885 and 1903, signed ‘Lib’.
His 1886 multi-portrait caricature The Lobby of the House of Commons is on view in the Victorian Gallery of the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Roy Sydney George Hattersley, Baron Hattersley, PC, FRSL, is a British Labour politician, author and journalist from Sheffield. He was MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook for over 32 years from 1964 to 1997. He served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992.
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In Excellent condition. Please see the pictures.
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