Vanity Fair Prints - Turf Devotees

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original spy prints vanity fair lithographs

We sell original Vanity Fair lithographs, not reproductions.
The normal size of a Vanity Fair print is about 10½ by 15½ inches (approx. 27x40 cm),
though this does vary somewhat by year and publisher and whether any trimming has occurred at some point during the past century.

Whenever possible, we provide the original descriptive text or a copy thereof.

VANITY FAIR "Spy" PRINTS ~ TURF DEVOTEES

Vanity Fair "Spy" Print Categories

Accountants

Ambassadors from England

Ambassadors to England

Americans

Architects and Engineers

Artists

Automobilists & Balloonists

Aviators

Bankers and Financiers

Billiards

Boxers

Businessmen and Empire Builders

Carriage Drivers

Chancellors of the Exchequer

Doctors and Scientists

Dog Judge

Doubles/Groups

Duelling

Explorers and Inventors

Proofs before lettering

Stock Exchange Officials

Trade Union Officials

Turf Devotees

Wagerers

Yachting

Admiral Rous
May 7, 1870
"As straight as a reed."
$30

Sir Joseph Hawley
May 21, 1870
"The purist of the Turf."
$30

The Earl of Cork
and Orrery
Jan. 13, 1872
"Master of Her Majesty's Buckhounds"
$32

Mr. Washington Hibbert
June 28, 1873
"A Londoner."
$35

The Earl of Bradford
Oct. 24, 1874
"Master of the Horse"
$30

Mr. Henry Chaplin
Dec. 5, 1874
"A turf reformer"
$35

Mr. George Payne
Sept. 18, 1875
"G.P."
$34

The Earl of Rosebery
June 3, 1876
"Horses"
$32

The Earl of Portsmouth
July 1, 1876
"Horseflesh"
$32

The Duke of Beaufort
Sept. 30, 1876
"the Duke of Sport"
$34

Viscount Cole
Oct. 7, 1876
"Good Looks"
$36
(trimmed)

The Right Hon. Sir Henry George Elliot
March 17, 1877
"Ambassador to the Porte"

$35

Lord Dorchester
March 24, 1877
"The Turf"
$35

Viscount Falmouth
Sept. 1, 1877
"Never bets"
$36

Sir John Dugdale Astley
Nov. 17, 1877
"the Mate"

George Lane-Fox,
Esq. of Bramham
June 29, 1878
"George Fox"
$32

The Marquess of Ormonde
Oct. 12, 1878
"Kilkenney"
$45

Sir Frederick John William Johnstone
Dec. 7, 1878
"Freddy"
$36

The Earl of Dunmore
Dec. 14, 1878
"Charlie"

Lord Suffield
May 3, 1879
"Charlie"
$45

Mr. Henry Savile
Jan. 3, 1880
"The Turf"
$36

Mr. Markham Spofforth
March 20, 1880
"He invented the..."

The Marquis of Anglesey
Sept. 18, 1880
"the head of the Pagets"
$36

The Earl of Winchilsea
and Nottingham
Oct. 2, 1880
"Youth"
$48

Captain John Bastard
Nov. 27, 1880
"Horses"
$45

The Earl of Clonmell
Aug. 6, 1881
"Earlie"
$36

The Earl of Coventry
Aug. 13, 1881
"Covey"
$20

The Hon. Algernon William Fulke-Greville
Dec. 31, 1881
"Racing & Politics"
$36

The Duke of Montrose
March 18, 1882
"Scotland & Racing"

Mr. Herbert John Gladstone
May 6, 1882
"Young Hopeful"
$36

The Duke of Portland
June 5, 1882
"the Young Duke"

$50

Mr. Anstruther-Thomson
June 17, 1882
"Fife"
$35

The Earl of Rocksavage
Aug. 11, 1883
"'Rock"
$45

The Earl of Westmorland
Nov. 10, 1883
"the affable Earl"

Lieut.-Col. The Hon. Henry Townshend Forester
Dec. 29, 1883
"'The Lad"
$30

Mr. Seymour Portman
Jan. 19, 1884
"Horse-race management"
$36

Lord Cardross
March 8, 1884
"Horsey"

Sir George Chetwynd
Feb. 7, 1885
"racing"
$36

Mr. John Delacour
March 14, 1885
"John"
$36

Lord Calthorpe
July 25, 1885
"Fred"

Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Charles Innes Ker
March 20,1886
"Charley"

$45

Newmarket 1885

(The Prince of Wales, the Dowager Duchess of Montrose, Duchess of Manchester, Duke of Portland, Duke of Hamilton, Marquis of Londonderry, Marquis of Hartington, Earl Spencer, Lord Hastings, Sir John Astley, Henry Chaplin, Leopold de Rothschild, W.G. Craven, Capt. Machell, Mr. Tattersall, Robert Peck, Mat Dawson and Fred Archer)

November 30, 1885
(Special Number "Double Page" lithograph approx. 16.25 x 21.75 inches)

"Newmarket 1885"

Mr. Edmund Tattersall
May 8, 1886
"Tattersall's"
$32

Mr. William George Craven
July 3, 1886
"Billy"
$50

The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale
July 10, 1886
"horses"

$35

The Right Hon. Lord Hastings
July 24, 1885
"Melton"
$35
(Text adhered to back)

Mr. Matthew Dawson
Dec. 4, 1886
"Matt"
$45

The Earl of Ellesmere
Jan. 22, 1887
"Bridgewater House"
$36

Mr. Henry Ernest Schlesinger Benzon
July 23, 1887
"The Jubilee Plunger"
$45

Major Lord Henry Somerset
Nov. 19, 1887
"Podge"

The Earl of Durham [Lambton]
Dec. 24, 1887
"Coals"
$36

The Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire
Dec. 31, 1887
"dover"
$50

Lord Alexander Victor Paget
Jan. 14, 1888
"Dandy"
$25
(SEE CONDITION)

Mr. Reginald W. Chandos-Pole
March 3, 1888
"Shandy"
$36

The Marquis of Ailesbury
April 7, 1888
"the Marquis"
$36

The Viscount Combermere
May 5, 1888
"horses"
$32

Walter Gilbey
June 30, 1888
"cart horses"
$40
(see condition notes)

Lord Rodney
Nov. 10, 1888
"a pupil"
$40

The Viscount Dangan
Jan. 12, 1889
"Viscount Dangan"
$40

Mr. J. T. Mackenzie of Kintail
March 23, 1889
"the Universal Benefactor"
$36

The Hon. George Higginson Allsopp
April 20, 1889
"beer"
$36

The Right Hon. Lord Hothfield
Aug. 17, 1889
"Lord Hothfield"
$36

Major E. H. Egerton
Aug. 24, 1889
"Official Handicapper..."

Mr. Harry McCalmont
Oct. 5, 1889
"Mr. H. L. B. McCalmont"
$36

Lord Marcus Beresford
April 26, 1890
"Starting"

$55

Mr. James Weatherby
May 17, 1890
"Mr. James Weatherby"
$55

Sir Robert Jardine
Aug. 23, 1890
"Sir Robert Jardine"
$36

Sir James Percy Miller
Sept. 8, 1890
"Sir James Miller"
$36

Mr. Marcus Henry Milner
Oct. 18, 1890
"Mr. Marcus Henry Milner"
$36

Mr. Joseph Henry Houldsworth
Dec. 27, 1890
"The new Steward"
$45

Mr. Hwfa Williams
Nov. 7, 1891
"Sandown Park"
$45

Lord Lurgan
Jan. 9, 1892
"Billy"
$36

Mr. Edward Linley Sambourne
Jan. 16, 1892
"Sammy"

The Duke of Beaufort
Sept. 7, 1893
"Badminton"
$45

Mr. John Cumming Macdona
Feb. 8, 1894
"St. Bernards"
$60

The Earl of Sefton
May 3, 1894
"The Earl of Sefton"
$38

Mr. William Montagu Tharp
June 21, 1894
"Chippenham Park"
$40

Mr. Warren William
De La Rue
Aug. 2, 1894
"Old Warren"
$38

The Earl of Yarborough
Jan. 2, 1896
"Brocklesby"
$36

ON THE HEATH
James Jewitt, Richard Marsh, Tom Jennings Senior, John Dawson, Matthew Dawson, John Porter James Ryan

Nov. 26, 1896

Special Double Page lithograph.
Sheet size is approximately 22 inches wide by 16 inches high.
No folds, in uncirculated condition!
Text is not available for this antique lithograph.
Click image above for larger view.

$150