Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

George Manners Astley, 20th Baron Hastings; Elizabeth Evelyn Hastings (née Harbord), Lady Hastings; Frederick Archer and an unknown man NPG x76938

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Henry Robert Sherborn

Apprenticed to a horse trainer from the age of ten, by twelve Archer was winning races. Four years later he was champion jockey, a title he retained for thirteen consecutive seasons. During his career, he rode almost three thousand winners, including five Derbys and sixteen other classics. Archer's success made him wealthy, and with racing established as a national sport, he became one of the first national sporting stars. However, because he was tall he had to diet far more than other jockeys. This had... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.