Description: Original Vanity Fair print of Sir Alexander C. Stephen, Dec. 18, 1902, Men of the Day No. 861 called "Russian, Persian and Turkish" by Sir Leslie Ward known as SPY. This excellent print is from the Evelyn Edison Newman Collection and appraised value of $45.00. Sir Alexander Condie Stephen KCMG KCVO CB (20 July 1850 – 10 May 1908) was a British diplomat and translator from Russian and Persian. He was the first translator of Lermontov's long poem "The Demon" into English, in 1875. He translated "Fairy Tales of a Parrot" from Persian in 1880. In 1884-5, he was Assistant Commissioner on the Afghan Boundary Commission. he had the crucial role of keeping communications open between the Commission, in north-west Afghanistan and threatened by a large Russian army, and the British government in London. When the Commission's presence almost triggered a war in the aftermath of the Panjdeh incident, he was sent to London to report to the government in person. He was knighted KCVO on 24 August 1900, for being HM minister resident in Dresden and Coburg. He was Groom in Waiting to King Edward VII from 1901. Stephen is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Size: Medium
Region of Origin: United Kingdom
Artist: Sir Leslie Ward "SPY"
Production Technique: Chromolithograph
Style: Illustration Art
Item Height: 15 in
Item Width: 10 in
Material: Paper
Theme: Diplomacy
Time Period Produced: 1900-1924
Type: Print
Features: 1st Edition, Limited Edition
Subject: British Diplomat
Culture: English
Item Length: 10 in
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Year of Production: 1902
