The Jockeys and the Champions’ Record · The Champions’ Record
The Champion at Stride
press photograph by Brown Brothers, 1920 · gelatin silver press print
What it is
The great American champion of 1919–20 at full run — the press record of a horse the century never stopped arguing about.
Why it matters
Horses hold no publicity rights; the pre-1931 record publishes as history, venue marks handled as the documents they are.
What to notice
The daylight behind him — the margin as the portrait.
Some names are measured in lengths.
Provenance
- Maker
- press photograph by Brown Brothers, 1920
- Era
- The Interwar Record (1914–1930)
- Chapter
- The Names on the Board
- Medium
- gelatin silver press print
- Made
- 1920
- Horse
- the 1919–20 champion
- In frame
- grandstand and stable marks in frame (historical-document doctrine)
- Source
- Bibliotheque nationale de France, Agence Rol (Rol 59717)
Historical document
This is a period artefact that carries a venue or stable mark in its own frame. It appears here as the historical record shows it — never as a house mark, a keyword, or an endorsement, and never pre-populated anywhere in this shop.
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the work’s own year of publication. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-20. The best-provenanced surviving scan is 760×577 (NYPL/Brown Brothers); offered as a digital file. Horses hold no publicity rights; venue/stable marks in frame handled under the historical-document doctrine.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 27x41" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
More from the Stable Wall
The Jockey — Fred Archer
Sam Loates (Vanity Fair)
Mr Arthur Coventry, 'The Baby' (Vanity Fair)
Lester Reiff, 'Lester' (Vanity Fair)
Elsewhere in the family
- The Links — the other morning religion.
- Painted Lineage — the bloodline, beside the family line.
- Painted Earth — home ground as a period map.