Vanity Fair Print - Horse Racing, Jockey, 'Rick', Fred Rickaby



'He is under five-and-thirty, he was born at Hungerford, and began to be recognised as good jockey some sixteen or seventeen years ago. Since then he has improved himself into a fine horseman, who though he rides fewer races than many other jockeys, always gets a good average' ..... A full original copy of the biography will be supplied with the print. Condition: Good.
Title: Rick', Fred Rickaby , 1901
Medium: Chromolithograph		Image Size: 342 x 203mm, 13.5 x 8" approx
Order No. 7141	Price: £79.00	Paper Size: 415 x 265mm, 16.5 x 10.5 " approx
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Biography:
Leslie Matthew Ward 1851-1922 (aka ' SPY'), cartoonist, was born November 21, 1951, in Harewood Square, London. As the son of artists Edward Matthew Ward and Henrietta Mary Ada Ward, Ward's artistic talent was fostered from an early age. After being educated at Eton, Ward who originally trained as an architect subsequently studied under Sidney Smirke and W.P. Frith. He joined the Royal Academy Schools in 1871, during which time Sir John Everett Millais, struck by Ward's caricatures, introduced him to Thomas Gibson Bowles, the editor of Vanity Fair. Bowles recruited Ward in 1873 to replace Carlo Pellegrini (Ape).

Ward contributed regularly to Vanity Fair over the next forty years under the pseudonym 'Spy'. He produced over 2,387 caricatures of well-known people including those in government, finance and education many of which were lithographed by Vincent Brooks. Ward authored a book of recollections in 1915, Forty Years of 'Spy'. He was knighted in 1918 and died on May 15, 1922 in London.

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