(Photo) Unveiling the First Controversial Cartoon That Labeled Naser al-Din Shah as the 'National Debtor'! / The Qajar King Faces the European Mockery Blade

Wednesday, October 08, 2025

SAEDNEWS: Leslie Ward was an English caricaturist and painter who, over the course of four decades, created more than a thousand portraits of various figures, including Naser al-Din Shah and Mozaffar al-Din Shah Qajar.

(Photo) Unveiling the First Controversial Cartoon That Labeled Naser al-Din Shah as the 'National Debtor'! / The Qajar King Faces the European Mockery Blade

According to the History and Culture Service of SaedNews, citing Fararu, Leslie Ward was an English caricaturist and painter who, over four decades of work, created more than a thousand portraits of various figures, including Naser al-Din Shah and Mozaffar al-Din Shah Qajar. His caricatures were often published in the British magazine Vanity Fair.

The image below is a caricature he drew of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar during his visit to England.