Bidspirit auction | Elemir Bourges - An Artist

Elemir Bourges - An Artist in Words by GUTH 1908 - This print was drawn by the French artist Jean Baptiste Guth (GUTH). Vanity Fair was subtitled A Weekly Show of Political, Social and Literary Wares and was founded by Thomas Gibson Bowles (who signed his images Jehu Junior) in 1868, who aimed to expose the contemporary vanities of Victorian society. The chromolithographs were produced by an international group of artists including Max Beerbohm (Max and Bulbo), Sir Leslie Ward (Spy and Drawl) and Carlo Pellegrini (Singe and Ape).