"Shamrock" - Sir Thomas Lipton vanity fair prints "The Committee" (Plate 9) shows

"The Committee" (Plate 9) shows a panelled room with a dozen members of parliament

Condition: very good - left margin uneven where it has been removed from publication

known as Sir Henry Hawkins between 1876 and 1899

Condition: good - small tears to edges of margins consistent with age which do not impact on printed area

which was a legal cause célèbre that captivated Victorian England in the 1860s and 1870s

"Shamrock" - Sir Thomas Lipton vanity fair prints "The Committee" (Plate 9) showsAntique Vanity Fair print. Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton (10 May 1848 2 October 1931) was a Scotsman of Irish parentage who was a self made man, merchant, and yachtsman. He engaged in extensive advertising for his chain of grocery stores and his brand of Lipton teas. He boasted that his secret for success was selling the best goods at the cheapest prices, harnessing the power of advertising, and always being optimistic. He was the most persistent