NAM.1998-06-66-1

‘War’, Colonel Frederick Arthur Stanley, 1879. Chromolithograph after ‘Ape’ (Carlo Pellegrini); published by Vincent Brooks Day [and] Son for ‘Vanity Fair’, 24 May 1879. Full length caricature portrait of Colonel Frederick Arthur Stanley (1841-1908, later 16th Earl of Derby, in civilian dress. Stanley served as a captain in the Grenadier Guards before pursuing a career in politics. He was Secretary of State for War at the time of this portrait. Stanley’s connections with the military continued with his part-time service with the Royal Lancashire Militia. He became Honorary Colonel of the King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) in 1886.