. ▁ ▁Car ic atures ▁ ▁A ▁full - page , ▁colour ▁l ith ograph ▁of ▁a ▁contemporary ▁celebr ity ▁or ▁dign it ary ▁appeared ▁in ▁most ▁issues , ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁for ▁these ▁car ic atures ▁that ▁Van ity ▁Fair ▁is ▁best ▁known ▁then ▁and ▁today . ▁Sub ject s ▁included ▁artists , ▁athlet es , ▁royal ty , ▁states men , ▁scient ists , ▁authors , ▁actors , ▁soldiers , ▁religious ▁personal ities , ▁business ▁people ▁and ▁sch ol ars . ▁More ▁than ▁two ▁thousand ▁of ▁these ▁images ▁appeared , ▁and ▁they ▁are ▁considered ▁the ▁chief ▁cultural ▁legacy ▁of ▁the ▁magazine , ▁forming ▁a ▁p ict orial ▁record ▁of ▁the ▁period . ▁They ▁were ▁produced ▁by ▁an ▁international ▁group ▁of ▁artists , ▁including ▁Max ▁Be er bo hm , ▁Sir ▁Les lie ▁Ward ▁( who ▁signed ▁his ▁work ▁" S py " ▁and ▁" Draw l "), ▁the ▁It ali ans ▁Carlo ▁P elle gr ini ▁(" Sing e " ▁and ▁" A pe "), ▁Mel ch ior re ▁D elf ico ▁(" D elf ico "), ▁Lib orio ▁Pro s per i ▁(" Lib "), ▁the ▁Flor ent ine ▁artist ▁and ▁critic ▁Adri ano ▁Cec ioni , ▁the ▁French ▁artists ▁James ▁T iss ot ▁(" Co ï d é "), ▁Pro s per ▁d ' É pin ay ▁(" N emo ") ▁and ▁the ▁American ▁Thomas ▁N ast . ▁ ▁Image ▁gallery ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁List ▁of ▁Van ity ▁Fair ▁artists ▁List ▁of ▁Van ity ▁Fair ▁car ic atures ▁The