Richard Corney Grain,1844-1895,entertainer/songwriter
Title: Mr. Corney Grain / Spy.
Creator(s): Ward, Leslie, Sir, 1851-1922, artist
Date Created/Published: 1885 August 22.
Summary: Drawing shows a heavyset man in evening attire playing the piano. Corney Grain was a British barrister turned actor, entertainer, and musical sketch writer. The artist, Sir Leslie Ward, contributed caricatures under the name 'Spy' to the magazine Vanity Fair for more than 40 years.
Notes:
Title from item.
Forms part of: Art Wood Collection of Caricature and Cartoon (Library of Congress).
Probably published: Vanity Fair (London, England).
WOOD/Spy.61
Sources: Centre for Whistler Studies [online]; Delaware Art Museum, Leslie Matthew Ward (Spy) papers [online] ljr
Subjects:
Grain, Corney,--1844-1895--Performances.
Entertainers--Great Britain--1880-1890.
Caricatures--British--1880-1890.
Drawings--Color--British--1880-1890.
Watercolors--Color--British--1880-1890.
Bookmark /2004679182/
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