Arthur Coventry set down full-length in day clothes rather than silks, cane and gloves standing in for the tack he'd have carried at the saddling paddock. Amateur riders like Coventry rode for sport rather than wages, and Vanity Fair's readers knew the difference; the nickname 'The Baby' pokes gently at a grown man who kept a much younger rider's cheek well into his prime. the slight cock of the hat, Spy's shorthand for a man who never took the game quite as seriously as the professionals beside him. Elegance is easier to draw than money.

Maker: Leslie Ward ('Spy'), chromolithograph, Vanity Fair
Date: 1884
Medium of the original: Chromolithograph
Original held by: Vanity Fair caricature
Credit: Vanity Fair caricature
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00121

As chosen: 16 x 24 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	16 x 24 in
Outside size	17.6 x 25.6 in
Depth	0.9 in (22 mm)
Weight	[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]]
Hanging	[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]]
Material	Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing
Made in	Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi

Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.

How the print check works

Sizes offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
8 x 12 in	451	Excellent	Trimmed 9.8%
12 x 18 in	300	Excellent	Trimmed 9.8%
16 x 24 in	225	Excellent	Trimmed 9.8%
20 x 30 in	180	Good	Trimmed 9.8%
24 x 36 in	150	Good	Trimmed 9.8%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 10 in	Wrong shape: a 25% crop
11 x 14 in	Wrong shape: a 23% crop
12 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
16 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 25% crop
18 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
24 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 25% crop
30 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
36 x 48 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
40 x 60 in	90 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged