Robert Dighton

A Hero Of The Turf & His Agent

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1890 Sz: 20"H x 12 7/8"W James Woodburn 1863-1919 Born at York on September 20, 1863, James began life as a doctor’s errand boy but, wanting to become a jockey, he ran away from home. Covering the 13 miles on foot, he arrived at the Hambleton stables of Mr Sanderson, who took an instant liking to the runaway. Woodburn rode his first winner for the stable...

Sz: 15 1/2"H x 10 5/8"W Daniel Aloysius Maher (October 29, 1881 – November 9, 1916) was an American Hall of Fame jockey who also became a Champion jockey i...

1900 Sz: 15"H x 10 1/8"W John "Knickerbocker" Reiff (1885 - 1974), often called Johnny, was an American flat racing jockey, whose greatest successes ca...

Sz: 15 1/2"H x 10 5/8"W Daniel Aloysius Maher (October 29, 1881 – November 9, 1916) was an American Hall of Fame jockey who also became a Champion jockey i...

1893 Print Sz: 14 1/2"H x 9"W Mat Sz: 20"H x 12 7/8"W He is a noble of Malta who has added a complete English education to a Maltese schooling; has been made a C.M.G.; has ridden ...

1896 Print Sz: 14 1/2"H x 9"W Mat Sz: 20"H x 12 7/8"W Samuel Loates (1865–1932) was a British Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was the Champion Jockey of 1899 in his home coun...

Richard Lindner (German/American 1901-1978) original hand signed in pencil lithograph "Masked Woman". Unframed #16 of 100 dated and stamped lower right 1971.

Unframed Richard Lindner (German/American 1901-1978) original hand signed in pencil lithograph #16 of a series of 100 dated and stamped lower right 1971. Shoot (back) from a series o...

The Don: One of the most recognizable figures in poster history ever, quietly reveling in the simple delights of a glass of ruby port – typically thought of as a horseman, clad in a ...

Artist: Toulouse Lautrec (1864 -1901) French Title: The Chestnut Vendor Medium: Lithograph, Year: 1897 Signature: Signed in Plate (TL) Lower Left Dimensions: 20” x 17” Framed, 11” x 8.5” Unframed A lithograph of a Toulouse Lautrec drawing...

TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, HENRI DE (1864-1901) "LA VACHE ENRAGÉE" Wittrock P27B, Adhemar 197 Original color lithograph Wittrock’s State III of III with letters Printed on buff wove paper, c. 1896 Bears artist stamp “TL” upper right, dated 96 Image size: 22 1/2” x 23 5/8” Several examples are known where Lautrec drew on work by other artists whom he admired. In this poster there are clear references to Adolphe Willette's humorous themes and rococo style of illustration. Willette was the founder and illustrator of the short-lived monthly “La Vache Enragee”(the angry cow) edited by the cartoonist Adolphe Roedel. This colored poster of the same title was commissioned for the appearance of the magazine March 1896. As a reference to the wretched financial state of most artists, the term “manger de la vache enrage” (meaning roughly, “meaning not having enough to eat”) was adopted as the motto for the “Vachalcade”which was held on Montmarte annually from 1896. This was an artists' procession, with fanfares and allegories on fame and the muses; it also included a furious cow and a troupe of pretty girls as a satire on Europa with the bull. The event was organized by Roedel"(Adriani p.217) Toulouse-Lautrec took up lithography at a high point in its history, when technical advances in color printing and new possibilities for large scale led to a proliferation of posters as well as prints for the new bourgeois collector. In his short career, he created more than three hundred fifty prints and thirty posters, as well as lithographed theater programs...

CAPPIELLO, LEONETTO (1875 - 1942) "Katabexine" Lithograph in color, linen-backed c. 1903 Sheet size: 54.25” x 39” Cap./GP, 252; Cap/StV, 4.22; DFP-II, 118; Schardt, pp. 174-5; PAI-V...