Horses, Sports, Pferde, Jockey, Fred Archer

No title. Portrait Fred Archer (1857-1886). He was an English flat race jockey in Victorian times. His nickname was "The Thin Man", and his attribute was "the best all-round jockey the world has ever seen. He won 13 Champion Jockey titles, had 246 wins on his best season and 2748 race wins in his career. This exceptional jockey had a sad fate. He lost his beloved wife during child birth and took his own life at age 29. Name of jockey - Fred Archer - below figure in pencil. This anonymous water color caricature of Fred Archer was done approximately 1882. It is painted on greyish cardboard. There are some traces of age and use mainly along the margins and, top middle, a thumb tag hole, where a former owner had obviously pinned it to a wall. Overall size: 28,5 x 25,5 cm (ca.10.4 x 10") $ 320.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 192.00