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The Jockey — Fred Archer
Vanity Fair chromolithograph by “Spy” (Leslie Ward), 28 May 1881 · chromolithograph
What it is
The greatest jockey of the Victorian turf, admitted to Vanity Fair’s gallery of the notable at the height of his reign.
Why it matters
When the magazine caricatured you, England had agreed on you; in 1881 it agreed on Archer.
What to notice
The whip held like a scepter — the caricaturist conceding the crown.
Small men, large kingdoms.
Provenance
- Maker
- Vanity Fair chromolithograph by “Spy” (Leslie Ward), 28 May 1881
- Era
- The Victorian Turf (1837–1901)
- Chapter
- The Names on the Board
- Medium
- chromolithograph
- Made
- 1881
- Figure
- Fred Archer
- Source
- Vanity Fair (Men of the Day No. 245) · digitized by CCNY Libraries
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 2.81× from the surviving 1965×3200 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 40x60" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
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