The young apprentice Arthur Templeman, drawn by Spy beneath a caption that already stakes its claim — 'a rising star' — ahead of the racing public catching up. Vanity Fair's captions did real work as tips as much as titles, and putting an apprentice's name to that phrase was Spy betting on a career still being written. the loose, unsettled stance Spy gives a rider who hadn't yet earned a champion's composure. A caption can be a wager on someone's future.

Maker: Leslie Ward ('Spy'), chromolithograph, Vanity Fair
Date: 1906
Medium of the original: Chromolithograph
Original held by: Vanity Fair caricature
Credit: Vanity Fair caricature
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00126

As chosen: 8 x 12 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	8 x 12 in
Outside size	9.6 x 13.6 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	150	Good	Trimmed 6%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 10 in	Wrong shape: a 22% crop
11 x 14 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
12 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
12 x 18 in	100 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 22% crop
16 x 24 in	75 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
20 x 30 in	60 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 22% crop
24 x 36 in	50 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
36 x 48 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
40 x 60 in	30 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged

Scanned

2026-10-07

Master file

1,203 x 1,920 px, srgb

Tone

Darks 113, lights 235 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark

Colour

0% vivid

Sharpness

1.12

Notes

Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
A plain margin is part of the file (6% of an edge): it prints as part of the picture

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