Aquatint, Lithograph, and the Instant · The Sporting Print
“Frederick”, Winner at Epsom, 1829
Richard Gilson Reeve after John Frederick Herring Sr., 1829 · hand-coloured aquatint
What it is
Frederick stands with his jockey up beside a distant post, in Richard Gilson Reeve’s aquatint after John Frederick Herring, published on 14 September 1829.
Why it matters
Frederick won only once, on his debut, an upset at Epsom in 1829 ridden by his sixty-year-old trainer, John Forth.
What to notice
The lettering below the plate names the horse, his breeding and his owner, as every print of the series did.
One race, remembered for good.
Provenance
- Maker
- Richard Gilson Reeve after John Frederick Herring Sr., 1829
- Era
- The Georgian Turf (1750–1837)
- Chapter
- The String at Full Stretch
- Medium
- hand-coloured aquatint
- Made
- 1829
- Horse
- Frederick
- Figure
- John Forth
- Source
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection · via Wikimedia Commons · B1985.36.535
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.
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 2026-11-01. Wikimedia Commons licence tag, read 2026-11-01: Licensed-PD-Art|PD-old-auto-expired|cc-zero|deathyear=1889. The maker died in 1889.
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
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