Vanity Fair Print - ' Mr. George ' - Jockey - Horse Racing

Vanity Fair Spy Print - Jockey - Horse racing

Title: 'Mr. George'

Subject: Mr. George James Thursby
Born 1869, first raced at Hurst park 1891, twice second in the Derby, became an owner and trainer.

Category: Jockey - Horse Racing

Artist: Spy 1907

Medium: Photo litho print

Size: Approx. 13.5 x 8", 342 x 203mm

Price: SOLD

Condition:
Small closed tear to bottom margin, image unaffected.

Order No. 7050

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Artist Bibliography:
Leslie Ward ('Spy')1851-1922, cartoonist, was born November 21, 1851, in Harewood Square, London. As the son of artists Edward Matthew Ward and Henrietta Mary Ada Ward, Ward's artistic talent was fostered from an early age. After being educated at Eton, Ward who originally trained as an architect subsequently trained under Sidney Smirke and W.P. Frith. He joined the Royal Academy Schools in 1871, during which time Sir John Everett Millais, struck by Ward's caricatures, introduced him to Thomas Gibson Bowles, the editor of Vanity Fair. Bowles recruited Ward in 1873 to replace Carlo Pellegrini (Ape). Ward contributed regularly to Vanity Fair over the next forty years under the pseudonym 'Spy'. He produced over 2,387 caricatures of well-known people including those in government, finance and education many of which were lithographed by Vincent Brooks. Ward authored a book of recollections in 1915, Forty Years of 'Spy'. He was knighted in 1918 and died on May 15, 1922 in London.

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Vanity Fair Print by Spy - George James Thursby - Horse Racing Jockey

Vanity Fair Print - ' Mr. George ' - Jockey - Horse Racing

Title: 'Mr. George'

Subject: Mr. George James Thursby Born 1869, first raced at Hurst park 1891, twice second in the Derby, became an owner and trainer.

Category: Jockey - Horse Racing

Artist: Spy 1907

Subject: Mr. George James Thursby
Born 1869, first raced at Hurst park 1891, twice second in the Derby, became an owner and trainer.