Spy (Sir Leslie Ward, 1851-1922) (Lith.) — Daniel Cooper; Sydney. Issue 689. (First Edition Before the Bound Volumes. )

London: Vanity Fair, 1882. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27cm (15.75 x 10.6 inches). Good. Some toning and staining, mostly in margins. Letterpress description pasted on verso. Dated Jan 1, 1882. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lith.). Scarce. Sir Daniel Cooper, 1st Baronet GCMG (1 July 1821 - 5 June 1902) was the first speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales and a noted philatelist. He was born at Bolton, Lancashire, England, the son of Thomas Cooper, merchant, and his wife Jane Ramsden. He was the nephew of the emancipated convict and extraordinarily successful businessman, Daniel Cooper, who took an interest in the education of his nephew. He was taken to Sydney by his parents when a child, but was sent back to Britain again in 1835 and spent four years at University College London. Cooper began business at Le Havre, France, but his health failing, he returned to Sydney in 1843. There, he acquired an interest in a mercantile firm, afterwards known as D. Cooper and Company, and bought much property in Sydney and its suburbs. This afterwards appreciated in value and Cooper became a wealthy man. In 1853 he inherited the bulk of the enormous fortune of his uncle, Daniel, who had no children. He was an early member of the senate of the University of Sydney, to which he gave £500 for a stained glass window, and £1,000 to found a scholarship. .