Jockey Club, 1972, Lithograph, Framed

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Four individual equestrian portraits arranged in a four-panel grid depict celebrated nineteenth-century British jockeys in profile and three-quarter view. Each … Read more Four individual equestrian portraits arranged in a four-panel grid depict celebrated nineteenth-century British jockeys in profile and three-quarter view. Each rider is shown in authentic racing silks, white breeches, and peak caps, mounted upon racehorses against muted, overcast skies. The figures portrayed comprise Nat Flatman, Jem Robinson, Charles Marlow, and John Day Junior, each captioned along the lower border of their respective pane.

Two of the featured riders, Nat Flatman and Charles Marlow, are famously linked to the historic 1851 Match Race at York between Lord Zetland's Voltigeur and Lord Eglinton's The Flying Dutchman. Alongside them are Jem Robinson, famed for his six Epsom Derby victories, and crack rider John Day Junior in his striped jacket. The portraits capture fine detailing in the tack, reins, and tailored riding jackets, reproduced from historic sporting oil paintings.

Published in 1972 by The Tryon Gallery of Dover Street, London, for The Jockey Club in Newmarket, this colour lithograph was produced in a limited edition of 350 copies, numbered 195. A blind-embossed stamp from the Fine Art Trade Guild is impressed in the lower margin beneath the printed lettering, serving as an institutional mark of printing standard and limitation. The upper margin bears the publication imprint and Jockey Club copyright details.

The print is presented in a glazed black moulding adorned with an inner leaf-gilt slip. Measured overall including the frame, the piece is approximately 47 cm wide by 63 cm high. The paper ground displays mild age-appropriate toning across the borders and scattered faint spotting along the upper edge, while the painted imagery remains bright, crisp, and firmly seated within the aperture. See less