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Arthur James (Vanity Fair)
Leslie Ward ('Spy'), chromolithograph, Vanity Fair, 1904 · chromolithograph
What it is
Arthur James, drawn by Spy in the day dress of a man who owned the horses rather than rode them.
Why it matters
The Edwardian turf ran as much on owners like James as on any jockey, men whose money and connections shaped which colours started, and Vanity Fair's gallery gave them exactly as much space as the riders.
What to notice
the ease of the stance, a man drawn standing rather than posed, the caricaturist's difference between someone who works the saddle and someone who merely pays for it.
Ownership has its own kind of horsemanship.
Provenance
- Maker
- Leslie Ward ('Spy'), chromolithograph, Vanity Fair, 1904
- Era
- The Edwardian Turf (1901–1914)
- Chapter
- The Names on the Board
- Medium
- chromolithograph
- Made
- 1904
- Figure
- Arthur James
- Source
- Vanity Fair caricature
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 2026-07-20.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan's resolution doesn't clear our floor for a physical print, so this piece is offered as a digital download only.
Size
$29.00
More from the Stable Wall
The Jockey — Fred Archer
The Champion at Stride
Sam Loates (Vanity Fair)
Mr Arthur Coventry, 'The Baby' (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.