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Spy Cartoons

Mr. Chauncey M. Depew - Original Lithograph by Spy for Vanity Fair - 1889
Located in Roma, IT
right margin with the artist name of Spy. This original print is referred to as "Spy Cartoons" after
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1880s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

'The Huntsman' Vanity Fair cartoon by Sir Leslie "Spy" Ward
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in London, GB
Sir Leslie 'Spy' Ward for Vanity Fair Magazine The Huntsman 1 November 1884 Lithograph Depicting
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1890s Victorian More Art

Materials

Lithograph

Sir Leslie "Spy" Ward: Vanity Fair hunting cartoon 'MFH with a sense of humour'
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in London, GB
Sir Leslie 'Spy' Ward for Vanity Fair Magazine An MFH with a sense of humour (1905) Lithograph 36 x
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1890s Victorian More Art

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Lithograph

19th C., Vanity Fair Framed Chromolithographs of Gentlemen Ex. Christie's, 12
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Morristown, NJ
become, Vanity Fair caricatures today often are referred to simply as "Spy Cartoons". 'Spy', his nom de
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Antique Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Prints

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

I Spy - Original Street Art Red and Black by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
bold quality, inspired by classic cartoon and comic book characters rendered with acrylic paint in a
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Mixed Media

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

Caricatures Of Queen Victoria And Edward VII By Sir Leslie Matthew Ward (Spy)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Sir Leslie Matthew Ward (aka Spy) 1851-1922 British Caricatures of Queen Victoria and Edward VII
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

'Fougasse' Careless Talk Costs Lives Cyril Kenneth Bird World War 2 poster
By Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird)
Located in London, GB
clothes for rags, turn off the lights, save food, dig for victory, watch out for spies, and keep calm and
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1940s Modern More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

'Fougasse' Careless Talk Costs Lives Cyril Kenneth Bird World War 2 poster
By Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird)
Located in London, GB
to save old clothes for rags, turn off the lights, save food, dig for victory, watch out for spies
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1940s Modern More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

'Fougasse' Rugby Referees Cyril Kenneth Bird original poster
By Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird)
Located in London, GB
clothes for rags, turn off the lights, save food, dig for victory, watch out for spies, and keep calm and
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1940s Modern More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

'Fougasse' Careless Talk Costs Lives Cyril Kenneth Bird World War 2 poster
By Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird)
Located in London, GB
clothes for rags, turn off the lights, save food, dig for victory, watch out for spies, and keep calm and
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1940s Modern More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

'Fougasse' Careless Talk Costs Lives Cyril Kenneth Bird World War 2 poster
By Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird)
Located in London, GB
clothes for rags, turn off the lights, save food, dig for victory, watch out for spies, and keep calm and
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1940s Modern More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Habitat Relocation Project" Etching on archival paper, botanical, floral
By Katie VanVliet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
and selling stocks when I knew him. I found out after he died that he was an American spy in East
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Etching, Intaglio

"A Great Man on The Turf": A 19th Century James Gillray Hand-colored Etching
By James Gillray
Located in Alamo, CA
satire. He has been called "the father of the political cartoon". His satirical targets included King
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Early 1800s Portrait Prints

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Etching

"Playing in Parts": A 19th Century James Gillray Hand-colored Musical Caricature
By James Gillray
Located in Alamo, CA
. He has been called "the father of the political cartoon". His satirical targets included King George
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Early 19th Century Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching

The Watcher - Kate Brinkworth, photorealist, dice, casino, black and white, art
By Kate Brinkworth
Located in London, GB
mirrors the Renaissance mural technique of the 'cartoon', a drawing which would be pricked along the lines
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Carved Wood Neo Pop Art Painting Sculpture New Orleans Wall Hanging Skylar Fein
By Skylar Fein
Located in Surfside, FL
weathered wood, Cartoon figure drawing of phone man. bears artist signature token verso. From the show
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Latex, Wood, Paint

Jim Shaw - Stocks Painting - Signed and Dated Oil on Canvas
By Jim Shaw
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
, US 2009 Les Années 80 - Second volet: Images & (re)présentations, Le Magasin, Grenoble, FR Spy
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Elements of Time & Space
By Katie VanVliet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
he was an American spy in East Berlin after WWII because his name was Van Vliet and he spoke decent
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Intaglio

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A Magnificent Pair of French Royal Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day"
Located in New York, NY
Jacques-Francois Delyen (1684-1761), Court Painter of King Louis XV. A Magnificent Pair of Palatial "French Royal" Allegorical Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day" A truly ...
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18th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Group of Nine Framed Colored Engravings of Venetian Palazzos
Located in Essex, MA
Each beautifully framed and each illustrating Venetian palazzos with titles. Each in a creme painted and gilded and carved frame.
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Antique 18th Century Italian Prints

Materials

Wood, Paper

Pair of English Chinoiserie Painted Reverse on Glass Giltwood Mirrored Sconces
Located in New York, NY
A fantastic pair of English chinoiserie painted reverse on glass, carved giltwood mirrored two-light sconces. Each is beautifully hand carved and gilt in a gorgeous gold finish with ...
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Antique 19th Century English Chinoiserie Wall Lights and Sconces

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Mirror, Giltwood

Extensive Assembled Meissen Blue and White Bird Model Dinner Service, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
Each piece painted in underglaze-blue and heightened in gilding with an exotic bird perched upon peony branches, comprising: an oval soup tureen, cover and two stands, an 18" oval pl...
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Antique 1890s German Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Giant Crocodile Fossil Wall Plate, Germany. 180 Million Years Old.
Located in London, GB
This outstanding fossilised skeleton is that of the ancestral crocodile species Steneosaurus bollensis that lived during the early Jurassic period. The skeleton, complete with armour...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier German Decorative Art

Materials

Other

Minton Mazarine Extensive Pristine Dinner Service Cobalt Blue & Gold 232 Pcs
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
It's always time to entertain! This is one of the most elegant and versatile patterns imaginable in a Classic and rare Minton cobalt blue pattern with raised paste gold on a white gr...
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Vintage 1980s English Neoclassical Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Bird Cage Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, Year: 1900, France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Bird Cage, Art Nouveau Year: 1900 Country: French Material: Iron It is an elegant and sophisticated bird cage. We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles s...
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Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Bird Cages

Materials

Iron

Jeune femme à l’éventail (Young Girl with a Fan)
By James Tissot
Located in New Orleans, LA
Conjuring the brilliance of late 18th-century costume with infusions of 19th-century modernity, James Jacques Joseph Tissot’s Jeune femme à l’éventail illustrates the remarkable tech...
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19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

12 Dinner Plates Antique Minton Cobalt Blue Raised Gilt Medallion Swag C. 1910
By Minton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A classic and elegant set of 12 Minton England bone china dinner plates. This set features a nice deep collar of cobalt blue that is accented with raised tooled gilded swags and thei...
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Vintage 1910s British Dinner Plates

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Gold, Enamel

Antique English Break-Front Bibliotheque Bookcase in Mahogany, circa 1870
By S.E. & R. Johnson. Warrington
Located in Miami, FL
A handsome and very well crafted English break-front bookcase or bibliotheque in solid mahogany by S.E. & R. Johnson of Warrington, England, circa 1870. Features six doors with glass...
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Antique 1870s English Victorian Bookcases

Materials

Mahogany

Aesthetic Movement dressing table
Located in Cheshire, GB
Aesthetic movement ash dressing table with ebonised detail. The central adjustable mirror supported on architectural supports above short drawers. To the rectangular top with inlaid ...
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Antique Late 19th Century British Vanities

Materials

Ash

Aesthetic Movement dressing table
Aesthetic Movement dressing table
H 68 in W 54 in D 22 in
Jewish Shtetl Mother-in-law Klezmer Wedding Dance Judaica Lithograph Yiddish WPA
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed in pencil and numbered. A very small edition. Old Lower East Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Jewish Shtetl Hasidic Klezmer Musicians. humorous Yiddish Chassidi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Victorian Library Table by Holland & Sons
By Holland & Sons
Located in New Orleans, LA
This handsome library table is a remarkable example of the English furnishings that represented wealthy Victorian tastes. The piece is attributed to Holland & Sons, a firm regarded a...
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Desks

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Leather, Mahogany

1969, Prefab Space Age Algeco Mod. 2002
Located in Perpignan, FR
Prefab Space Age house created by in 1969 famous French brand Algeco. Model called "2002" Dimensions: 430 x 250 x 250 cm Production units: 300 -500 ex. Various units was implante...
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Vintage 1960s French Space Age Architectural Elements

Materials

Fiberglass

1969, Prefab Space Age Algeco Mod. 2002
1969, Prefab Space Age Algeco Mod. 2002
H 250 in W 430 in D 250 in
Voltaire's Candide, Illustrated by Clara Tice
Located in Middletown, NY
This edition, enriched by Cara Tice's racy and whimsical illustrations, is an "Exact reprint of the earliest English text" and was printed in Holland by the Johann Ecnchedé en Zonen ...
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Vintage 1920s American Books

Materials

Paper

Vincenzo Cadorin Venetian 1890s Bedroom Renaissance Set in Massive Carved Walnut
By Vincenzo Cadorin
Located in Vigonza, Padua
A monumental Vincenzo Cadorin circa 1890s bedroom Renaissance set in carved walnut. Top of the dresser, bedside tables and Console-Vanity in green imperial marble. Finished with wax ...
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Antique 1890s Italian Renaissance Revival Bedroom Sets

Materials

Marble

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Pair of Regency Screens Displaying Spy Cartoons of Gentlemen
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in London, GB
set of 24 vanity fair spy cartoons of top hatted gentlemen presented in verre eglomise black and gilt
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Antique 1820s English Regency Prints

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Paper, Mahogany

Original Vintage Film Poster Batman The Man Called Flintstone Cartoon Movie Quad
Located in London, GB
, the Flintstones movie details for "The Funniest Tune-full Spy Picture! Their First Full-Length
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Vintage 1960s British Posters

Materials

Paper

Vanity Fair Golf Print 'Horace Harold Hilton, Hoylake'
By Vanity Fair
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
studied architecture. 'Spy' achieved notoriety by his painting and cartoons of public figures in VF and
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Antique Early 1900s English Prints

C'est Pourtant Bien Moi by Arthur Szyk
By Arthur Szyk
Located in New Orleans, LA
of American readers, and his anti-fascist cartoons appeared frequently inside and on the covers of
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20th Century Post-War Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Dad’s Car Collection
By Katie VanVliet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
time buying and selling stocks when I knew him. I found out after he died that he was an American spy
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Etching, Intaglio

Dad’s Car Collection
By Katie VanVliet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
he was an American spy in East Berlin after WWII because his name was Van Vliet and he spoke decent
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Etching, Intaglio

Dad’s Car Collection (Junkyard)
By Katie VanVliet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
and selling stocks when I knew him. I found out after he died that he was an American spy in East
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Ink

Quarrying
By Katie VanVliet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
and selling stocks when I knew him. I found out after he died that he was an American spy in East
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Etching, Intaglio

Untitled (Queen Anne's Lace)
By Katie VanVliet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
and selling stocks when I knew him. I found out after he died that he was an American spy in East
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Etching, Aquatint

'Fougasse' Careless Talk Costs Lives Cyril Kenneth Bird World War 2 poster
By Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird)
Located in London, GB
, save food, dig for victory, watch out for spies, and keep calm and carry on. With this instruction
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1940s Modern More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Antique Vanity Fair Golf Prints, Set of Seven
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
by his painting and cartoons of public figures in VF and his works all contain the signature 'SPY
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20th Century English Sporting Art Prints

Materials

Paper

Antique Vanity Fair Golf Prints, Set of Seven
Antique Vanity Fair Golf Prints, Set of Seven
H 20.48 in W 14.18 in D 0.79 in
Antique Vanity Fair Falconry Print 'The New Forest'
By Vanity Fair
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vanity Fair 'SPY' Falconry print 'The New Forest'. A mounted chromolithograph print published Sept
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Antique 1890s English Sporting Art Prints

The Thief - Kate Brinkworth, photorealist, dice, casino, black and white, art
By Kate Brinkworth
Located in London, GB
mirrors the Renaissance mural technique of the 'cartoon', a drawing which would be pricked along the lines
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hand-colored Etching "The Spanish Bull-fight" Napoleon Satire by James Gillray
By James Gillray
Located in Alamo, CA
. He has been called "the father of the political cartoon". His satirical targets included King George
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Early 1800s Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching

One Pink Pussy
By Katie VanVliet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
I knew him. I found out after he died that he was an American spy in East Berlin after WWII because
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Etching

Habitat Relocation Project
By Katie VanVliet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
after he died that he was an American spy in East Berlin after WWII because his name was Van Vliet and
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Etching, Intaglio

New Moon Blue Moon
By Katie VanVliet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
and selling stocks when I knew him. I found out after he died that he was an American spy in East
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Etching

Elements of Time & Space
By Katie VanVliet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
after he died that he was an American spy in East Berlin after WWII because his name was Van Vliet and
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Intaglio

Properties of Air & Water
By Katie VanVliet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
spy in East Berlin after WWII because his name was Van Vliet and he spoke decent German. My father
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Intaglio, Archival Paper

Habitat Relocation Project
By Katie VanVliet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
and selling stocks when I knew him. I found out after he died that he was an American spy in East
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Etching, Intaglio

Dad’s Car Collection
By Katie VanVliet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
he was an American spy in East Berlin after WWII because his name was Van Vliet and he spoke decent
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Etching, Intaglio

Lucien Coutaud 1950 Original French Surrealist Gouache Painting Figures
By Lucien Coutaud
Located in Surfside, FL
, painted his first important paintings: The Bicycle, Woman and Soldier, Soldiers arresting a spy and Young
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Original Vintage Film Poster Batman The Man Called Flintstone Cartoon Movie Quad
Located in London, GB
, the Flintstones movie details for "The Funniest Tune-full Spy Picture! Their First Full-Length
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1960s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Antique Watercolours of Officers of the Lancashire Fusiliers by McNeil
By John Mcneil
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
meetings across the country and became such a personality that Vanity Fair commissioned Spy to draw a
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Antique 19th Century English Paintings

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Spy Cartoons For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of spy cartoons available on 1stDibs. Today, if you’re looking for street art editions of these works and are unable to find the perfect match for your home, our selection also includes contemporary. These items have been made for many years, with versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. Spy cartoons available on 1stDibs span a range of colors that includes beige, gray, brown, blue and more. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by Henry Mayo Bateman, James Gillray, Sir Leslie Ward, Skylar Fein and Gary John are often thought to be among the most beautiful. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in lithograph, paint and etching — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much are Spy Cartoons?

Spy cartoons can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $520, while the lowest priced sells for $185 and the highest can go for as much as $24,406.