Liborio Prosperi ('Lib') Liberio Prosperi (Foligno,

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1854 – Foligno, 1928), was a Papal States-born artist who belonged to a group of international artists producing

caricature A caricature is a rendered image showing the features of its subject in a simplified or exaggerated way through sketching, pencil strokes, or other artistic drawings (compare to: cartoon). Caricatures can be either insulting or complimentary, ...

s for the British '' Vanity Fair'' magazine. He contributed 55 caricatures between 1885 and 1903, signed 'Lib', and concentrating mainly on the

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set. His 1886 multi-portrait caricature ''The Lobby of the House of Commons'' is on view in the Victorian Gallery of the

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in London. The figures depicted by the artists of ''Vanity Fair'' included royalty, statesmen, scientists, authors, actors, soldiers, scholars and sporting men. Prospei's prints
in the

Collection The last issue of ''Vanity Fair'' appeared in 1914. In its forty-five year run, it provided readers a variety of memorable caricatures of Victorian and Edwardian personalities.

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'' of London

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Prosperi, Liborio 1854 births 1928 deaths Italian caricaturists British caricaturists 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters Vanity Fair (British magazine) artists Vanity Fair (British magazine) caricatures 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists