METHUSELAH ARCHIVE SOURCES / WELLCOME-GULLY-SPY-HYDROPATHY-1876

James Manby Gully. Coloured lithograph after Sir L. Ward [Spy], 1876

period print · 1876
type:period print
year:1876
citation:James Manby Gully. Coloured lithograph after Sir L. Ward [Spy], 1876. Wellcome Collection, work fx6qsn69, reference 3869i. Lettering: Hydropathy.
LINK
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/fx6qsn69
SUMMARY
Wellcome Collection catalogue record (work fx6qsn69) for a coloured lithograph caricature of James Manby Gully, captioned Hydropathy, after the Vanity Fair caricaturist Sir Leslie Ward (Spy), dated 1876. Wellcome Collection marks the item Public Domain Mark. Direct inspection of the downloaded image (2026-08-02) confirms visible print text including a Vanity Fair credit, a 5 August 1876 date, the Hydropathy caption, and the Spy signature; the figure is a full-length profile caricature of a balding, clean-shaven, white-haired man in a black coat, holding his hands clasped behind his back. The identification of the subject as Gully is the archive's own cataloguing.
NOTES

The Vanity Fair Spy caricature of Gully, published 5 August 1876, the same year his name became notorious through the Charles Bravo inquest. Used as the case’s lead actor-role image.