page_title: John Sturgess
hierarchical_section_title: John Sturgess
caption_attribution_description: Not this Time&#160;: Engraved by C &amp; Son Hunt after a picture by John Sturgess (61 x 48 cms.)
context_page_description: John Sturgess was a hunting and racing artist and lithographer who worked mainly for the Illustrated London News between 1875 and 1885, and also exhibited widely in the London galleries, in particular at the Royal Society of British Artists and also at the Royal Hibernian Society in Dublin. He was known for being an accomplished illustrator of books and magazines, but is probably best remembered for his portrait of "Blair Athol", the winner of the Derby in 1864.
context_section_description: John Sturgess (fl. 1864-1903) was a hunting and racing artist and lithographer who worked mainly for the Illustrated London News between 1875 and 1885, and also exhibited widely in the London galleries, in particular at the Royal Society of British Artists and also at the Royal Hibernian Society in Dublin. He was known for being an accomplished illustrator of books and magazines, but is probably best remembered for his portrait of "Blair Athol", the winner of the Derby in 1864.
caption: "Not this Time" : John Sturgess, engraved by C & Son Hunt
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