Whips Collection

Mrs Sullivan of Covent Garden Market
Mrs Sullivan, or Auntie of the Garden, a famous character in Covent Garden Market who earned her living from looking after the carters whips

Sitting Bulls Hat, 1897
Illustration of a hat depicting the life of Sitting Bull, the Native American Indian Chief. Tiny crescents denoted how many animals were captured by Sitting Bull

Bacup Coconut Dancers
NUTTERS DANCE:(Lancashire) Britannia Bacup Coconut dancers, York Summer Festival. In order that their spell may be more effective they black their faces in disguise

Omnibus Drivers 1877
A Victorian omnibus driver assists a gentleman passenger to board the No 568 (route between Edgware Road and West Strand)

Photographs of the Blankney Hunt. Captioned, The Pride of Lincolnshire: At Home with the Blankney Hunt'. With descriptions, How the Terrier is Carried; The terrier is carried by one of the whips

Caricature illustration by H M Bateman of three foxhunting men with cigar, top hats and whips. Captioned, Cubs: A Seasonable study'

Trades in Norfolk, Regency England. Barley, turnips and game. Farm laborers on a straw bail after a barley harvest 34, sheep eating turnips 35, and hunter poaching for game rabbits 36

Regency gentlemen riding horses using whips
Regency gentlemen riding horsesat a gallop using whips. How to Ride up Hyde Park. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson after an illustration by Henry Bunbury from Geoffrey Gambados

The Dream of The Derby 1875
Racing down the track with thousands of spectators watching, at Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey. 1875

Cats riding in an open carriage on a postcard
Cats riding in an open carriage, drawn by cats, on a postcard. Date: circa 1890s

TSARINA PHOTOGRAPHING
When she and the Tsar are invited to attend the French manoeuvres, Alexandra whips out her camera to photograph the new French field-gun - high-level espionage indeed ! Date: 1901

DJIGHITOFFKA COSSACKS They ride standing upright on horseback. They wear long red coats and tall fur hats and are armed with whips, knives and swords. Date: circa 1850

Skikjoring competition, St Moritz, Switzerland, where daredevil skiers are pulled at speeds of up to 50km/hour by unmounted thoroughbreds over the icy frozen lake for 2, 7000m. Date: circa 1920s

Syria - Punishment of a servant (3 / 3)
A domestic situation unfolds in Syria - the Mistress of the house punishes her serving maid - she is tied up and flogged across her bare back. Date: circa 1910s

Anti-Suffrage Cartoon Votes for Women
A girl sneaks in to the offices of the militant suffragettes to see piles of newspapers, hammers, whips and stones. All part of the W.S.P.Us arsenal

Severe-looking Iberian Woman holding riding crop. Date: circa 1905

Horse Litter of 1325
A fine picture of a medieval horse litter with its well- to-do occupant poking his head out from under the covering to check on the progress of the journey

Circus pig and black poodle on a greetings card
Circus pig on a greetings card, with a black poodle riding on his back, and a little boy dressed as a clown standing alongside. Date: circa 1890s

Woman with whip on a comic card
Woman with a whip, looking through a window on a comic card. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

1857 Mutiny / Captured Gun
Fusiliers bringing captured guns into camp. Date: 1857

Advertisement, Libbys Full Cream Evaporated Milk -- so rich it whips! 1956

Cartoon, Consequences of a Successful French Invasion, Me teach de English Republicans to work. Scene, A Ploughed Field. By James Gillray. Date: 1798

Coach drivers and passengers at Place Louis XV.. Handcolored aquatint engraving after an illustration credited to Victor Auver from A Tour through Paris, William Sams, London, 1825

Roman transport paraphernalia. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages. 1798

The Whip Hand, by Bairnsfather
The Whip Hand Private Mulligatawny (the Australian stock-whip wonder) frequently causes a lot of bother in the enemys trenches Bruce Bairnsfathers " stock whip" cartoon sums up

Two Egyptian Dervishes from Alexandria Date: circa 1909

Hows That - A young wicketkeeper whips off the bails
" Hows That?" - A young wicketkeeper whips off the bails and appeals vigorously for a stumping dismissal as the batsman sneaks out of his crease. (see also: 10724035) Date: 1905

Scorchers Progress - Royal Exchange - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress V - The Royal Exchange, London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users. Here pedestrians

Penitents whipping themselves during Lent From: Voyages faits en divers temps en Espagne, en Portugal, en Allemagne, en France et ailleurs Date: 1700

Stickle Tarn Whirlwind
A whirlwind whips the surface of Stickle Tarn into a white foam. One of the beauty spots of the Lake District, Cumbria, England. Date: 1930s

Two boys playing at riding a Carriage. One urges on the team of four piebald hobby horses with a whip, while the other sends forth a blast on his horn announcing their departure. Date: circa 1910s

The road to Gretna-Green
A couple look anxiously behind them, fearful that they may be pursued, as they make their way speedily to Gretna Green to be married

Chasing the Fox Aldin
Out in the open, everyone chases across a field in their quest for the fox

Djighitoffka Cossacks
DJIGHITOFFKA COSSACKS They ride standing upright on horseback. They wear long red coats and tall fur hats and are armed with whips, knives and swords

Nutters Dance / England
ENGLAND: EASTER CUSTOM NUTTERS DANCE. Britannia Bacup Coconut Dancers of Lancashire at the York Summer Festival. The dance is led by a whipper-in who whips the winter away!

Duel with Whips
Two Parisian cab-drivers fight for love of a laundress, using whips, the tools of their trade : but after the fight she says she wouldn t marry a man who uses a whip so well !

Rehoboam Ill-Advised
Ill-advised by young counsellors, this king of Judah tells his people that where his father had chastised them with whips he would chastise them with scorpions

The Race Finish 1775
Three jockeys and their mounts pass the finishing post to the applause of three spectators. Rather savage looking riding crops appear to have been employed

Camel Corps Review / Cairo
Review of Egyptian Camel Corps at Cairo

Sensationalist News
The modern editor and his boss, the pressure to publish sensational news

Cossack Stands on Horse
Djighitoffka Cossacks: They ride standing upright on horseback. They wear long red coats and tall fur hats and are armed with whips, knives and swords

Salzburg New Year Custom
SALSKAMMERGUT - On several Sundays after the New Year, the young men of Salzburg (Austria) crack whips to wake nature from her winter sleep

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