Code: 11522
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"Mr James Robinson"
(a portrait of the jockey James "Jem" Robinson (1794-1873))
After by Benjamin Marshall (1767-1835)
Engraved by Richard Woodman II (1784-1859)
Etching with stipple and the roulette
Published by Pittman
London, 1828
Measures:-
17.5 cm x 11.3 cm (Plate)
30 cm x 23 cm (Framed)
Lettered beneath the image with the sitter's name and "Painted by B.Marshall" "Engraved by R. Woodman" and "Published by M.A. Pittman, Warwick Square, London, April 1. 1828."
James "Jem" Robinson (1794–1873) was a British Classic Winning Jockey. Between the time of his first major win his first major win in the 1817 Derby on Azor and his retirement in 1852, he rode the winners of 24 British 'Classics'. His six wins in the Derby was not surpassed until Lester Piggott in 1976 and his nine wins of the 2000 Guineas remains unequaled.
In 1824 he won both the Derby on 'Cedric' and the Oaks on 'Augusta' - in the same week that he was married.
In the year this print was published, in 1828, he won the Derby on 'Cadland', owned by John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland.
Scarce but see BM 1873,0712.748
