The Jockeys and the Champions’ Record · The Jockeys
Frederick Barne (Vanity Fair)
Leslie Ward ('Spy'), chromolithograph, Vanity Fair, 1882 · chromolithograph
What it is
Frederick Barne, drawn by Spy in the day dress of a regular at the rail rather than a rider on the card.
Why it matters
Not every subject in Vanity Fair's turf series held the reins; Barne's plate records the kind of familiar figure whose presence at the enclosure was itself worth a caricaturist's attention.
What to notice
the practiced ease of the pose, a man drawn at home in the crowd he stands among.
A course needs its regulars as much as its winners.
Provenance
- Maker
- Leslie Ward ('Spy'), chromolithograph, Vanity Fair, 1882
- Era
- The Victorian Turf (1837–1901)
- Chapter
- The Names on the Board
- Medium
- chromolithograph
- Made
- 1882
- Figure
- Frederick Barne
- 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
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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.