Conformation and the Parade Ring · At the Rail
Memnon, with William Scott Up
John Frederick Herring Sr., oil on canvas, c.1825 · oil on canvas
What it is
Memnon stands collected with William Scott up, horse and rider composed together as a single, deliberate shape.
Why it matters
Scott rode more classic winners than almost any jockey of his generation, and Herring's pairing of the two records a partnership the turf took seriously at the time.
What to notice
the matched angle of the jockey's shoulder and the horse's neck, two lines drawn to agree with one another.
The best hands make the horse look easy.
Provenance
- Maker
- John Frederick Herring Sr., oil on canvas, c.1825
- Era
- The Georgian Turf (1750–1837)
- Chapter
- The Yard Wakes
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Made
- 1825
- Horse
- Memnon
- Figure
- William Scott
- Source
- Yale Center for British Art · via Wikimedia Commons
Publicity
Clear — the historic British turf (the Victorian jockeys, the Vanity Fair subjects): a long-deceased figure with no post-mortem right of publicity in play. Sold as history, freely and openly.
Print master
The largest formats are printed from a master enlarged 2.2× from the surviving 2721×2170 scan by AI enhancement (Claid smart-enhance), prepared for the considered detail of a print viewed at distance. The source record above is unchanged — the enhancement serves the wall, not the archive.
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.
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 24x36" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
More from the Stable Wall
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.