Call Boy, Epsom Derby Winner Country Life Magazine Portrait June 11 1927

Call Boy, Epsom Derby Winner Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, June 11 1927. LXI No. 1586

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of Call Boy, reproduced from an original drawing by B. Roland, published shortly after his victory in the Derby on June 1, 1927.

• Career Peak: Call Boy was one of the leading two-year-olds of 1926 and reached the height of his fame by winning the 1927 Epsom Derby.
• Retirement: Following his Derby success, he was sold for a record sum of £60,000 and retired to stud due to a respiratory condition.
• The Artwork: The portrait was created by B. Roland, an artist noted for equine illustrations. Country Life frequently featured such high-quality portraits of champion racehorses.

This is an authentic original page from Country Life magazine, part of the iconic series often affectionately referred to as the “Girls in Pearls” portraits — elegant society images that captured a distinctive era of British publishing and portraiture.

Size: Approximately 13.75 x 9 inches (35 x 23 cm)

Condition: Very good for its age. As with all vintage magazine pages, light signs of handling or minor age-related blemishes may be present. Please review the large photo carefully for full condition details.

This original Country Life Magazine frontispiece portrait forms part of The Old Map Shop’s curated archive of society portraits published between 1897 and 2026.