Edmund Hodgson Yates journalist novelist Vanity Fair antique print

Edmund Hodgson Yates was a British journalist, novelist and dramatist. He was born in Edinburgh and educated at Highgate School in London. Yates worked on the Court Journal and then Daily News. In 1854 he published his first book My Haunts and their Frequenters, followed by a succession of novels, and plays. As a contributor to All The Year Round and Household Words, he gained the high opinion of Charles Dickens. Yates was perhaps best known as proprietor and editor of The World society newspaper. Antique print from Vanity Fair, published 1878. Paper measures approx. 15.25 x 10.25 inches. Nice clean print. Supplied with original text.