Forty Years of ‘Spy’ is the memoir of Sir Leslie Ward, who under the pseudonym ‘Spy’ produced the famous caricatures of statesmen, judges, and society figures that appeared in Vanity Fair for decades. Ward recounts his long career, his many sittings with the eminent men of his day, and the art of capturing a likeness with affectionate wit.
Full of anecdote and illustrated with his own work, the book is both an entertaining autobiography and a record of British public life seen through the caricaturist’s eye. It is a delight for admirers of portrait satire. This free EPUB download is cleanly formatted for any e-reader.