'Explosives'. Colonel Vivian Dering Majendie (1836-1898), Chief Inspector of Explosives. British soldier who served with the Royal Artillery at Sebastopol during the Crimean War, and at Lucknow. His field was exploisves and he was one of the first bomb disposal experts. He is holding and explosive device. Cartoon by 'Spy', pseudonym of Leslie Ward (1851-1922) British painter and caricaturist, from Vanity Fair. (London, 23 April 1892). Chromolithograph.