Sir Leslie Matthew Ward (21 November 1851 – 15 May 1922), was a British portrait artist and caricaturist who drew or painted numerous portraits which were regularly published by Vanity Fair, under the pseudonyms "Spy" and "Drawl". - Ward was one of eight children of artists Edward Matthew Ward and Henrietta Ward, and the great-grandson of the artist James Ward. He had started caricaturing while still at school at Eton in Windsor, using his classmates and school masters as subjects. Ward entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1871. In 1873 he sent some of his work to Thomas Gibson Bowles, four years after Vanity Fair was founded. This led to his being hired. Ward drew 1,325 cartoons for Vanity Fair between 1873 and 1911, many of which captured the personality of his subjects, portraits of royalty, nobility, and women. It was reported that Ward received a sum of between £300 and £400 for a portrait. Ward was the most famous Vanity Fair artist. Ward's last cartoon for Vanity Fair appeared in June 1911 as he had recently begun to contribute his ‘characteristic portraits' to The World and Mayfair. He supplemented his income by painting portraits. In 1918 he was knighted. After a nervous breakdown Ward died suddenly of heart failure and was buried on 18 May at Kensal Green Cemetery in London. (Quelle: Wikipedia)