Author: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward (“Spy”)
Title: Morny (Portrait of Herbert Mornington Cannon) (Original Lithograph)
Description: London: Vanity Fair, 1891. Original color lithograph, 15 x 10.5 inches. Very Good. Minor spots of foxing in top and right margins. One page biography of subject laid in. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lith.). Scarce. Published on October 24, 1891, depicting Herbert Mornington Cannon (1873–1962), commonly referred to as Morny Cannon, a six-time Champion jockey in the United Kingdom in the 1890s. He holds the records for the most wins by a jockey in the Craven Stakes, Coronation Stakes and Prince of Wales's Stakes. Vanity Fair was a British magazine known for its social, political, and literary content. It gained fame particularly for its caricatures of prominent figures of the time. These caricatures, drawn by renowned artists, captured the essence of their subjects with a mix of humor, satire, and artistry. .

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