Lance Collection (page 9)

Henry, Prince of Wales
Henry Frederick Stuart, Prince of Wales, elder son of King James I of England (VI of Scotland). He died of typhoid fever. Date: 1594 - 1612

Gentleman and his extensive luggage
Fully Equipped - A smart young Gentleman and his extensive luggage en route to a shooting weekend in the country. A porters nightmare... Date: 1908

Spanish Bullfighting Series (3 / 12)
Spanish Bullfighting Series. The picador on horseback. Date: 1913

Silhouette of a military badge, including a crown and two crossed lances

Taking the Waters and its effect
Taking the Waters - The First Glass ! Nine gentlemen take the waters in a spa town, with the result depicted by a tenth chap at the base of the card, from whom bubbles are issuing forth. circa 1904

Silhouette of horse and rider, Royal Tournament
Silhouette of horse and rider -- part of a cavalry display by the 17th/21st Lancers at the Royal Tournament. 1926

Child embarrasses an up-tight man
Its Rather Embarrassing An up-tight Gentleman doesn t know how to react to the playful young companion in his railway compartment. Date: 1904

Vicar remembering his youth - rowing on the river
Forty Years On A priest remembers the days of his youth, when he too partook in boating down on the river. Date: circa 1906

A Professor of Languages A Language Student returns to his College, but his grasp of the vernacular of his cabby seems less that First Class as he appears to have underpaid his driver

A Matter of Taste A different approach to having a drink between these two boating enthusiasts. The portly older gentleman preferring a whiskey and soda

Attending the Tulips - Amorous Couple Gardening
Attending the Tulips An amorous couple attending to their two lips (!) whilst working together at their gardening. Date: circa 1906

5th Royal Irish Lancer jumping an obstacle. Date: 1910s

Saab Lansen
Swedish jet fighter (- Lansen = lance) Date: circa 1950

Big Game hunter sending his last postcard
A big game hunter who has (what rotten luck!) become a lunchtime snack for his intended victim (a very jolly lion) sends his last address which is: In Red Lion, Timbuktu !!!!!!! Date: 1906

River Days - Couple going boating
A young couple spending River Days out boating The gentleman is doing the gentlemanly thing and carrying the picnic hamper, the cushions and the oars! Date: circa 1906

Stuck Up - A Punting Disaster
Two illustrations of the phrase Stuck Up. In the main scene, an unlucky man is stuck on his pole as a quiet afternoon punting with his lady loves goes rather wrong (he has lost his hat too!)

British torpedo boat destroyer launching, Southampton
A British torpedo boat destroyer launching at Southampton a few months before the start of the First World War. It is probably HMS Lance, a Laforey-class destroyer

Young Oxford Student, College Master and Bulldogs
A young Oxford student greets the Master of his College with all due deference (making sure to hide his smoking pipe behind his back)

A Delhi, Turkish Light Infantry
A Dehli - Turkish light cavalry. A cavalry trooper wearing a tall hat with a lance in his hand, a musket slung over his back and a curved sword at his side. He is mounted on a brown horse. 1803

Shepheards Hotel, Cairo, Egypt Date: 1906

A Windfall - tasting an apple in the garden
A Windfall - a charming postcard from Lance Thackerays Amateur Gardening series. A lady gives her male companion a taste of the first fallen apple of the season. Date: 1906

Greek fire on lance
An infantryman carries a flaming lance

A Good Rainfall
A delightful postcard illustrated by Lance Thackeray, entitled A Good Rainfall from the Amateur Gardening series. A girl watering her high hedge soaks her male companion and then tells him to go

Lancers Corps - Horseback - British Army
The proposed uniform and equipment for a new corps of lancers in the British Army. Seen here is a side view of a mounted lancer charging with his lance tucked under his right arm. 1813

Lancers Corps - British Army
The proposed uniform and equipment for a new corps of lancers in the British Army. Seen here is a side view of a lancer standing holding his lance resting on his right shoulder with his sabre at his

Punting - pushing off from the bank. " I can just Manage" Date: 1902

East End Couple having fun
A couple from the East End of London " having a real good time!". The gentleman and the lady have swapped hats! Date: circa 1900

16th Century Knight
A knight rides forth, sword in hand, accompanied by his squire who carries his lance for him. Date: 1517 ?

Water Quintain
A medieval game of water quintain

Lance Corporal of the Life Guards
A Lance Corporal of the Life Guards (Mounted Review Order). Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Mobilising Bedouin Troops
Bedouin troops mobilised in Iran. Cavalry carry long spears and the flag of the Ottoman Empire flies above the troops

Lance Corporal - South Staffordshire Regiment (left) and Colour Sergeant - North Staffordshire Regiment (right)

Awarded the Victoria Cross: Lance-Corporal Charles Alfred Ja
heroism

Lance-Sergeant John D. Baskeyfield VC (1922-44)
Photographic portrait of Lance-Sergeant John Baskeyfield of the South Staffordshire Regiment, First Airborne Division, pictured c.1943

Saint George / Caxton
SAINT GEORGE SAINT GEORGE thrusts his lance down the throat of the dragon. Described here as probably the first in existence

The Bicycle Tournament at the Myrtle-Street Gymnasium, Liver
Engraving of a Bicycle Tournament, held by the Liverpool Velocipede Club, at the Myrtle-Street Gymnasium, Liverpool, April 1869

Tartar and Horse
A Tartar (Russia) catches his horse by using his lance to catch its bridle

Kalmuck Warrior
Kalmuck warrior armed with a lance and bow

Norman Battle Scene
A shower of arrows fell upon the column. A fierce battle scene between Hereward and the Norman invaders

Saladin & Leopard Knight
SALAH AD-DIN YUSUF IBN AYYUB Saladin on horseback (l) accompanied by Sir Kenneth, Earl of Huntingdon, Prince Royal of Scotland; incognito as the Knight of the Leopard

Medieval Knights Armour
The full armour of a medieval knight with details of plate and arm armour and hand weapons and lancing equipment

Greek Charioteers
Greek warrior soldiers in their fine gilt chariot. One of the two horses rests down on its haunches seemingly from exhaustion

St George / Dragon / Roxburg
SAINT GEORGE thrusts his lance down the throat of the dragon

Knight on Horseback
The Knight at the hermitage

French Lance Practice
French cavalrymen practice handling their lances while mounted

Tristram & Witch
A witch advises King Mark of Cornwall about the wound Sir Tristram received from Sir Marhauss lance

French Lancer (Vallet)
A Russian Cossack of the Imperial Guard on horseback with lance

St George and Dragon
SAINT GEORGE seen here on his white horse, with the unfortunate dragon in a separate panel below

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