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Fred Rickaby, 'Rick' (Vanity Fair)

Name: Fred Rickaby, 'Rick' (Vanity Fair)
Brand: The Paddock
SKU: PA-00130

Leslie Ward ('Spy'), chromolithograph, Vanity Fair, 1901

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, Wrong shape: a 25% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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Fred Rickaby, 'Rick' to Spy's caption, drawn in the silks of a working Edwardian jockey. Rickaby's own son would ride under the same name a generation later, making this early plate the first entry in a riding line that outlasted the man in it. the settled weight in the stance, a rider already established rather than one still making his name. Some names are lent forward before they're finished being earned.

Maker: Leslie Ward ('Spy'), chromolithograph, Vanity Fair
Date: 1901
Medium of the original: Chromolithograph
Original held by: Vanity Fair caricature
Credit: Vanity Fair caricature
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00130

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Size	Why
8 x 10 in	Wrong shape: a 25% crop
8 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
11 x 14 in	Wrong shape: a 24% crop
12 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
12 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
16 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 25% crop
16 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
18 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
20 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
24 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 25% crop
24 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
30 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
36 x 48 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
40 x 60 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop