"by William Powell Frith painted in the 1858 and titled ""The Derby Day""; critics have noted that the foreground of the painting features the entertainment attractions, while the racing is relegated to the margins. In the 1870s, the steam-driven rides were introduced. They were located at the Tattenham Corner end of the grounds and the fair was on for ten days and entertained hundreds of thousands. During the latter half of the 20th century, Derby Day became less popular and the race was moved from Wednesday to Saturday in 1995 the hope of reviving high attendance. As the number of"
"the Derby. Herring exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1818–1865, at the British Institution from 1830–1865, and at the Society of British Artists in 1836-1852, where Herring became Vice-President in 1842. John Frederick Herring Sr. John Frederick Herring Sr. (12 September 1795 – 23 September 1865), also known as John Frederick Herring I, was a painter, sign maker and coachman in Victorian England. He painted the 1848 ""Pharoah's Chariot Horses"" (""archaic spelling ""Pharoah""""). He amended his signature ""SR"" (senior) in 1836, with the growing fame of his teenage son (1 of 4) John Frederick Herring Jr. Herring, born in London"
"needed to protect it from the thronging crowds (only the second time that a rail was installed at the Royal Academy exhibition: the first was in 1822 for David Wilkie's ""The Chelsea Pensioners reading the Waterloo Dispatch""). The painting was bequeathed to the National Gallery by Jacob Bell in 1859 and but later transferred to the Tate Gallery. Frith was commissioned to paint a second version for James Gresham of Stretford in 1893–94, which has been held by Manchester Art Gallery since 1896. The Derby Day The Derby Day is a large oil painting showing a panoramic view of The"
"1852 to 1857. He was a friend of Edwin Landseer and a dog-lover: he owned both the dogs in Landseer's famous painting ""Diginity and Impudence"". Bell bought William Powell Frith's painting ""The Derby Day"" from the artist in 1858 for £1,500, and left it to the National Gallery on his death in the following year, 12 June 1859. Jacob Bell (chemist) Jacob Bell (5 March 1810 – 12 June 1859) was a British pharmaceutical chemist who worked to reform the profession. He served as a Whig Member of Parliament (MP) for St Albans from 1850 to 1852. Bell was born"
"painted by Sir David Wilkie. Wilkie's famous painting ""The Chelsea Pensioners"" was a spur to the creation of Frith's own most famous compositions. Following the precedent of Wilkie, but also imitating the work of his friend Dickens, Frith created complex multi-figure compositions depicting the full range of the Victorian class system, meeting and interacting in public places. In 'Ramsgate Sands' (also known as 'Life at the Seaside', 1854) he depicted visitors and entertainers at the seaside resort. He followed this with ""The Derby Day"", depicting scenes among the crowd at the race at Epsom Downs, which was based on photographic"
"The 1821 Derby at Epsom The 1821 Derby at Epsom, or ""Horse Race"" (""Course de chevaux"", traditionally called ""Le Derby de 1821 à Epsom"") is an 1821 painting by Théodore Géricault in the Louvre Museum, showing The Derby of that year. Fascinated by the horses, Géricault made many paintings portraying them. Working for a while at the imperial stables, he had the opportunity to study in detail and made numerous portraits of horses. This work is not related to that series of portraits but it illustrates a similar theme horses, as the artist has done many times, such as in"
"London. Gales married Sarah Richmond of Tasmania in The Stand, London, in 1869. They had one child, Lilian, born in 1871 in Westminster, London. Lilian died at the age of three in Kensington, London. Gales and his wife divorced in 1896. Gales returned to Norfolk, exhibiting with the Norwich Art Circle during 1888 and 1889. His name also appears in ""Kelly's Directory"", which describes him as ""private resident, artist of Acle Norfolk."" In 1897, Henry Gales died in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Henry Gales Henry Gales (1834–1897) was an English painter, most well known for his portrait of the 1867 Derby"
"Charles Barber, and the sculptor John Gibson. Leading artists of the day competed for its prize of £50 for non-local contributors to its annual exhibition, including J. M. W. Turner, Henry Fuseli, John Martin and Joseph Wright of Derby. In the late 1850s, however, it split due to major disagreements following annual prizes being awarded to the then controversial Pre-Raphaelite painters, particularly to William Holman Hunt in 1852 for ""Valentine Rescuing Sylvia from Proteus"" and to Millais in 1857 for ""The Blind Girl"". The Academy remained nominally in existence, continuing to hold annual exhibitions, but never regaining its national importance."
"Two. A policeman was detailed to stand by a railing to keep the crowds back (only the third time this step had been necessary, after David Wilkie's ""The Chelsea Pensioners reading the Waterloo Dispatch"" in 1822 and William Powell Frith's ""The Derby Day"" in 1858). The painting toured the country, attracting large crowds. Artist William Holman Hunt noted in his book ""Pre-Raphaelitism"" that ""it touched the nation's heart as few pictures have ever done"". The work had been commissioned for £100 by a Manchester industrialist Charles Galloway. However, Queen Victoria insisted that she should buy it, and the work remains"
"Henry Gales Henry Gales (1834–1897) was an English painter, most well known for his portrait of the 1867 Derby Cabinet. Gales was born in Acle, Norfolk, England to Daniel Gales and Mary Church (Daniel's first wife). After studying in the 1850s at the Norwich School of Design, he moved to London in the 1860s. In 1868, Gales painted ""The Derby Cabinet of 1867"", an oil painting on canvas depicting Prime Minister Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, and his cabinet: Benjamin Disraeli, Richard Temple-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos; Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford; Henry Thomas Lowry-Corry; Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy,"
"The painting was considered to be the largest equestrian painting produced in the UK for at least 200 years. Other high-profile patrons included the Dukes of Beaufort and Northumberland, Household Cavalry, City of London Livery Companies and Tattersalls bloodstock auctioneers. John King (painter) John King or John Gregory King (April 16, 1929 - September 8, 2014) was an English painter, considered a leading sporting artist of the post war era. His works stretched from military and ceremonial occasions, to horse and hound portraits, and hunting scenes. King was born in West Tytherley in Hampshire to Arthur and Dorothy King. Arthur"
"A Prospect of Derby A Prospect of Derby is a 1725 painting by an unknown artist that shows the layout of Derby in the early 18th century. On the left is a house called Castlefield that was home to the Borrow family. There are paintings of Isaac, Thomas and Ann Borrow in Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Left of centre is Exeter House which is no longer standing but came to notability when it played host to Bonnie Prince Charlie when he decided to turn back with his Scottish armies and not go to London to take the crown. The"
"was allowed by his employer to work in the studio of John Richard Clayton in Albany Street, the founder in 1855 of the stained glass workshop Clayton and Bell. Palfrey soon became skilled in stained glass designs himself and produced many with his special interest of heraldic symbolism. He retained his interest in horses and coaching and painted those subjects in his spare time but did not practice in that area until later in life. Palfrey later became a noted painter of horses and coaching scenes and his pictures of Derby winners were admired by Queen Victoria, King Edward VII"
"engraving for sale to the public as prints, and Frith may have earned as much as £3,000 from the sales. Ramsgate Sands Ramsgate Sands, also known as Life at the Seaside, is an oil-on-canvas painting by William Powell Frith, made in 1852 to 1854, which depicts a beach scene in Ramsgate. The painting was Frith's first great commercial success: it was exhibited at the Royal Academy summer exhibition in 1854, and bought by Queen Victoria. Frith made a series of similar pictures, showing groups of people in contemporary scenes, including ""The Derby Day"" of 1858, and ""The Railway Station"" of"
"days count"" tattooed on his chest. The Captive (painting) The Captive, from Sterne is a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby completed in 1774 and now in the Vancouver Art Gallery. Sterne's Captive, first exhibited by the artist in 1778, is a similar painting by Wright in the Derby Museum and Art Gallery. The latter painting resulted in a rare engraving, as its purchaser commissioned a print run of only twenty copies before the copper printing plate was destroyed. In 2012, Derby Museum commissioned another ""Captive painting"" from Emma Tooth. Both paintings show the despair of a traveller who finds"
"Holyday (Tissot painting) Holyday, later also known as The Picnic, is an oil painting by French painter James Tissot (1836–1902), painted in 1876. Tissot moved to England in the year 1871, when he was thirty five years old and settled there. Before moving to London, Tissot was a successful painter of Paris society. It is in size. The painting shows a group of elegantly dressed men and women during a picnic at the pond in the painter's garden. The painting is characterized by the attention to detail and vivid colours. ""Holyday"" is held in London's Tate Gallery. ""Holyday"" was painted"
"Revolution."" In early 2013 Derby City Council and Derby Civic Society announced they would erect a blue plaque on his home at 27 Queen Street in Derby. Joseph Wright of Derby Joseph Wright (3 September 1734 – 29 August 1797), styled Joseph Wright of Derby, was an English landscape and portrait painter. He has been acclaimed as ""the first professional painter to express the spirit of the Industrial Revolution"". Wright is notable for his use of chiaroscuro effect, which emphasises the contrast of light and dark, and, for his paintings of candle-lit subjects. His paintings of the birth of science"
"to hounds on his favourite horse, Stonehenge. Great Britain Alfred Day (jockey) Alfred Day (3 November 1830 - 4 January 1868) was a British classic winning jockey. He won seven classics between 1849 and 1859, including the Derby on Andover, and was nicknamed ""King Alfred"" for his success. Day was born into a famous racing family which included his father John Barham Day and several jockey brothers. He was born on 3 November 1830 and baptised on 6 October 1833 at St Edith’s Church, Monks Kirby, a village in north-eastern Warwickshire. He was educated at Winchester and, in the holidays,"
"Derby Day (1952 film) Derby Day is a 1952 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Googie Withers, John McCallum, Peter Graves, Suzanne Cloutier and Gordon Harker. An ensemble piece, it portrays several characters on their way to the Derby Day races at Epsom Downs Racecourse. It was an attempt to revive the success that Neagle and Wilding had previously had opposite each other, but it failed in this regard. In an effort to promote the film Wilcox arranged for Neagle to launch the film at the 1952 Epsom Derby. In the United States"
"many years the Derby was run on a Wednesday or a Thursday and on the day huge crowds would come from London, not only to see the race but to enjoy other entertainment (during some of the 19th century and most of the 20th Parliament would adjourn to allow members to attend the meeting). By the time that Charles Dickens visited Epsom Downs to view the race in the 1850s, entertainers such as musicians, clowns, and conjurers plied their trades and entertained the crowds; other forms of entertainment included coconut stalls. The crowded meeting was the subject of a painting"
"Lady Butler, was famed for her military art, especially ""Scotland Forever"" featuring a dramatic charge by the Royal Scots Greys. Thoroughbred racing was an inspiration for Romantic and Impressionist artists of the 19th century. Théodore Géricault painted The Derby in 1821 during his stay in England. The Impressionist era coincided with the development of racing in France, Manet, Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec all acquired a lasting fascination with racing. Manet showing the excitement and action of the race and Degas concentrating more on the moments before the start. Degas was intensely interested in Muybridge's photographs of the horse in motion, he"
"Manchester in 1857. Howlett was commissioned to make photographic studies of the crowd at the 1856 Epsom Derby for the painter William Powell Frith, who used them in 1858 for his painting of ""The Derby Day"" which was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art in 1859. The photographs were taken from the roof of a cab. Howlett's major work was the commission by the ""Illustrated Times"") to document the construction of the world's largest steamship, the SS ""Great Eastern"". His images were translated into wood-engravings by Henry Vizetelly for the ""Illustrated Times"". They reflected and stimulated the widespread interest"
"who helped him to victory. Amato who was bred at The Durdans in Epsom by Heathcote and trained by local trainer Ralph Sherwood was a popular winner and today stands a public house, the ‘Amato Inn’ named in honour of the Derby winner. In a tradition going back 170 years the publican tips the winner of the Derby and displays the name for the race goers on the morning of The Derby When Amato died in 1841 his body was buried in the grounds of Durdans, a stone that is still visible marking the spot. He was painted by John"
"saw it, with a high degree of finish. Douglas Fry Robert Douglas Fry (September 1872 – 9 July 1911) was an English Australian painter and illustrator, known for his paintings of animals, and especially horses. Douglas Fry was born at Ipswich, Suffolk, England, son of Edward Fry, a corn and seed merchant, and his wife Annette née Ransome. His brother, Edward Ransome Fry, was also an artist, and his sister Constance Emily Fry married John Barlow Wood (1862-1949) a watercolour landscape artist. Douglas was educated at Ipswich Grammar School. Later he studied art at the Académie Julian in Paris, and"
"and the Duke of Westminster. His daughter was Margaret Agnes Palfrey (1870–1936), and his granddaughter was the illustrator Margaret Calkin James. Palfrey died on 22 August 1902. Penry Powell Palfrey Penry Powell Palfrey (6 June 1830 – 22 August 1902) was a British stained glass designer and painter in watercolour of horses and coaching scenes. Penry Powell Palfrey was born in London on 6 June 1829. He was interested in horses and coaching from a very young age and made models of out of cardboard of the coaches that stopped in London. His father died when Penry was 16, making"
"dingo respectively, they are the first depictions of Australian animals in Western art. George Stubbs George Stubbs (25 August 1724 – 10 July 1806) was an English painter, best known for his paintings of horses. Stubbs was born in Liverpool, the son of a currier, or leather-dresser, John Stubbs, and his wife Mary. Information on his life until the age of 35 or so is sparse, relying almost entirely on notes made by Ozias Humphry, a fellow artist and friend; Humphry's informal memoir, which was not intended for publication, was based on a series of private conversations he had with"
"Harry Hall (painter) Harry Hall (c. 1814 – 22 April 1882) was an English equestrian painter, whose works were in demand by horse owners. His output was prolific and he was the foremost racehorse portraitist of his time: his style has been described as being ""strikingly modern... when compared with many of his contemporaries"". He also produced other types of portraits and shooting scenes. Hall was born in Cambridge sometime around the middle of the second decade of the 19th century (dates of 1813, 1814, 1815, and 1816 are to be found in biographies). He first appeared as an artist"
"come to London to be with Hunt. Hunt wrote an outraged letter to Dickens, who claimed to be unaware that the story was based on real events. Brian Aldiss used the painting as a leitmotif in his novel ""Report on Probability A"". The Hireling Shepherd The Hireling Shepherd (1851) is a painting by the Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt. It represents a shepherd neglecting his flock in favour of an attractive country girl to whom he shows a death's-head hawkmoth. The meaning of the image has been much debated. Hunt painted the picture when he was living and working in"
"Parkes Bonington. The painting was given a prominent, central position at the Royal Academy summer exhibition at Somerset House in 1822, hanging over the fireplace beside a portrait of the Duke of Wellington by Sir Thomas Lawrence. It became so popular that a rail was installed to protect it from the crowds, the first time that this precaution had been needed at a Royal Academy exhibition (the next occasion was for William Powell Frith's ""The Derby Day"" in 1858). Wilkie received his commission of 1,200 guineas from Wellington, and he was paid a further 1,200 guineas by the publishers Graves"
"Joseph Wright of Derby Joseph Wright (3 September 1734 – 29 August 1797), styled Joseph Wright of Derby, was an English landscape and portrait painter. He has been acclaimed as ""the first professional painter to express the spirit of the Industrial Revolution"". Wright is notable for his use of chiaroscuro effect, which emphasises the contrast of light and dark, and, for his paintings of candle-lit subjects. His paintings of the birth of science out of alchemy, often based on the meetings of the Lunar Society, a group of scientists and industrialists living in the English Midlands, are a significant record"
"Alfred Day (jockey) Alfred Day (3 November 1830 - 4 January 1868) was a British classic winning jockey. He won seven classics between 1849 and 1859, including the Derby on Andover, and was nicknamed ""King Alfred"" for his success. Day was born into a famous racing family which included his father John Barham Day and several jockey brothers. He was born on 3 November 1830 and baptised on 6 October 1833 at St Edith’s Church, Monks Kirby, a village in north-eastern Warwickshire. He was educated at Winchester and, in the holidays, rode his father’s horses on Stockbridge Downs. He rode"
"Lynwood Palmer (James) Lynwood Palmer (1868-1941) was an English painter who specialised in painting race-horses, his characteristic style showing them as nervous and highly-strung, often with a background of a dramatic landscape. Widely considered to have been the best horse painter of his generation, he accepted commissions exclusively from private patrons, among whom were most notably William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland (1857-1943) (notably ""The Duke of Portland's stallions at Welbeck Stud"" (1900)), Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick (1861-1938) and King George V (1865-1936). He rarely exhibited his work to the public. He was born in 1868 at Market Rasen"
"view of Victorian society. It includes three main scenes, during the annual spectacle of the Derby, when large numbers of Londoners left town for the day to visit the races on Epsom Downs, presenting a cross-section of society in a contemporary saturnalian revel. Earlier pictures of the Derby crowds were drawn by illustrators such as John Leech or Dickie Doyle. On the left, near the private tent of the Reform Club, rich city gentlemen in top hats surround the table of a thimble-rigger who is busy cheating them out of their money. To the right, one stands with his hands"