Title: Vanity Fair Prints of Thomas Hughes

Date/Date Range :   1872 June 8

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection houses prints from the June 8, 1872 edition of Vanity Fair magazine caricaturing Member of Parliament Thomas Hughes. They are accompanied by text describing him as an overgrown teenager and ineffective liberal do-gooder.

Call number: MS-3130

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

Collection was purchased on March 28, 2007

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Vanity Fair Prints of Thomas Hughes, MS-3130. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

Vanity Fair (not to be confused with the current magazine of that name) was a weekly magazine published from 1868 to 1914 in London. It carried articles on current events, fashion, and culture, but it is best known for its caricatures.

Thomas Hughes was born on October 22, 1822 in Uffington, Berkshire, England. He attended Rugby School and Oxford, studying law and gaining admission to the bar in 1848. From 1865 to 1874 he was a Member of Parliament in the Liberal party. He considered himself a Christian Socialist and supported trade unions and women's suffrage. He was also a writer, best known for Tom Brown's Schooldays . In 1880 he founded Rugby, Tennessee, a utopian colony for English gentlemen. He died on March 22, 1896.

This collection houses prints from the June 8, 1872 edition of Vanity Fair magazine caricaturing Member of Parliament Thomas Hughes. They are accompanied by text describing him as an overgrown teenager and ineffective liberal do-gooder.

• Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896.
• Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901.
• Politicians -- Caricatures and cartoons.
• Politicians -- Great Britain.
• Vanity fair (London, England : 1868).