Vanity Fair Print of The Tichborne Claimant - stock illustration

Victorian caricature of The Tichborne Claimant. The Tichborne case was a legal cause célèbre that captivated Victorian England in the 1860s and 1870s. It concerned the claims by an individual sometimes referred to as Thomas Castro or as Arthur Orton, but usually termed the Claimant, to be the missing heir to the Tichborne baronetcy. He failed to convince the courts, was convicted of perjury and served a long prison sentence. By Ape (Carlo Pellegrini). Vanity Fair 1871