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William Crawfurd Stirling-Stuart (Vanity Fair)
Leslie Ward ('Spy'), chromolithograph, Vanity Fair, 1904 · chromolithograph
What it is
William Crawfurd Stirling-Stuart, set down by Spy in tweeds rather than silks, a sportsman of the paddock rather than a man who rode for hire.
Why it matters
By the Edwardian years Vanity Fair's turf series had widened to include the owners and sportsmen who kept the game running as much as the jockeys who won its races.
What to notice
the country cut of the tweed, Spy's shorthand for a man more at home on an estate than in a weighing room.
Not every figure at the rail wears silks.
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
- William Crawfurd Stirling-Stuart
- 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.