John Reiff, 'Johnny' (Vanity Fair)
Leslie Ward ('Spy'), chromolithograph, Vanity Fair, 1900
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, Wrong shape: a 18% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyJohn 'Johnny' Reiff, drawn by Spy while still young enough that the caption uses the diminutive rather than his given name. The younger of the two Reiff brothers followed Lester across from America to build his own name riding for English stables, part of the same wave of American jockeys who changed how the sport was ridden, not merely who won it. the youth Spy leaves in the face, unusual for a rider already trusted with good mounts. A nickname can outlast the boy it was given to.
- Maker
- Leslie Ward ('Spy'), chromolithograph, Vanity Fair
- Date
- 1900
- Medium of the original
- Chromolithograph
- Original held by
- Vanity Fair caricature
- Credit
- Vanity Fair caricature
- Rights
- Cleared for print
- Catalogue number
- PA-00127
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 18% crop |
| 8 x 12 in | 57 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 11 x 14 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 12 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 12 x 18 in | 38 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | 28 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 20 x 30 in | 22 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | 19 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 36 x 48 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 40 x 60 in | 11 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 458 x 700 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 67, lights 203 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 7.87
- Notes
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
- A plain margin is part of the file (14% of an edge): it prints as part of the picture
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