Arthur James (Vanity Fair)
Leslie Ward ('Spy'), chromolithograph, Vanity Fair, 1904
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, Wrong shape: a 13% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyArthur James, drawn by Spy in the day dress of a man who owned the horses rather than rode them. The Edwardian turf ran as much on owners like James as on any jockey, men whose money and connections shaped which colours started, and Vanity Fair's gallery gave them exactly as much space as the riders. the ease of the stance, a man drawn standing rather than posed, the caricaturist's difference between someone who works the saddle and someone who merely pays for it. Ownership has its own kind of horsemanship.
- Maker
- Leslie Ward ('Spy'), chromolithograph, Vanity Fair
- Date
- 1904
- Medium of the original
- Chromolithograph
- Original held by
- Vanity Fair caricature
- Credit
- Vanity Fair caricature
- Rights
- Cleared for print
- Catalogue number
- PA-00128
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.
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 8 x 12 in | 58 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 11 x 14 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 12 x 16 in | 40 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 18 in | 38 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | 29 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 24 in | 26 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 30 in | 23 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | 19 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 40 in | 16 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 13 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 60 in | 11 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 485 x 700 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 26, lights 191 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 3.16
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