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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
H Beard Print Collection is a 7 by Spy, depicting Violin, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a print portrait from 1903. It shows Jan Kubelík holding a violin. The work was published in Vanity Fair as part of a series called *Men of the Day*. The artist went by the name Spy. That was common for the magazine’s unsigned political and society portraits at the time. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see this print in person.
A full-length portrait of Jan Kubelík holding a violin, published by Vanity Fair on May 7, 1903, as part of the "Men of the Day" series. The image is accompanied by the caption "Kubelik" beneath it and is part of the Harry Beard Collection.
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Sir Leslie Matthew Ward (21 November 1851 – 15 May 1922) was a British portrait artist and caricaturist who over four decades painted 1,325 portraits which were regularly published by Vanity Fair, under the pseudonyms "Spy" and "Drawl".
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