Frederick Barne (Vanity Fair)

Frederick Barne, drawn by Spy in the day dress of a regular at the rail rather than a rider on the card. Not every subject in Vanity Fair's turf series held the reins; Barne's plate records the kind of familiar figure whose presence at the enclosure was itself worth a caricaturist's attention. the practiced ease of the pose, a man drawn at home in the crowd he stands among. A course needs its regulars as much as its winners.

Maker

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

Date

1882

Medium of the original

Chromolithograph

Original held by

Vanity Fair caricature

Credit

Vanity Fair caricature

Rights

Cleared for print

Catalogue number

PA-00131