SIR LESLIE MATTHEW WARD

SIR LESLIE MATTHEW WARD, 'SPY' (1851-1922) A PRINCE OF DENMARK [HRH PRINCE CHARLES OF DENMARK] signed 'Spy' with date June 12th 1902, gouache on coloured paper, 35 x 21cm Illustrated: Vanity Fair, issue 1754, June 12th 1902.Prince Christian Frederick Carl Georg Valdemar Axel, Prince Carl of Denmark was born in 1872 and in 1905 became King of Norway, reigning as Haakon 7th until his death in 1957. In Spy's caricature he is depicted in the uniform of an Honorary Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, to which he was appointed by his Father in Law, King Edward VII.