Baiting Collection

Spanish Bullfighting Series (7 / 12)
Spanish Bullfighting Series. The pass crutch - tempting the bull with his red cape, the matador tires the beast. Date: 1913

Theatre / Bear Garden
The Bull and Bear baiting arenas as they appeared on Bankside, London

Placing a bear in charge of the flock of sheep! Ax-les-Thermes - a commune in the Arige department in the Occitanie region of south-western France. Date: circa 1910s

Baiting fishing lines, Montrose, Victorian period

Montrose fish wife baiting the lines Victorian period

Medieval entertainment with horses: a horse baited with dogs; a horse dancing to pipe and tabor; a horse fighting a man with shield and cudgel near a tethered monkey;

Baiting-Up, by A. K. MacDonald
A colour illustration of a lady applying lipstick in preparation to woo a gentleman. Date: 30th July 1924

THEATRE / THE GLOBE
A view of the Bear Baiting arena with The Globe and The Rose theatres Date: 1612

THEATRE / BEAR GARDEN
A view of the Bear Baiting arena with The Globe and The Rose theatres Date: 1612

Fishing, River Thames, Windsor
Three fishermen beside the River Thames at Windsor, Berkshire. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Fishermen baiting fishing lines

Fisherman baiting lines early 1900s

Rat Pit at The Swan Inn, Ash Ranges, Ash, Surrey
The Rat Pit at The Swan Inn, Ash Ranges, Ash, Surrey. Publican John Tupper (1817-1903) was celebrated for his breeding of sporting dogs and game cocks

Spanish Bullfighting Series (6 / 12)
Spanish Bullfighting Series. The matador baiting the bull with his red cape. Date: 1913

Fishing Village 1940S
A corner of Mevagissey harbour, a typical Cornish fishing village. Here the crew of one of the smacks are busy baiting the long fishing lines. A well-dressed man watches them

Bear Baiting C 18
The bear is chained to the wall, so that he cannot move more than a short distance while the dogs attack him. The all-male audience enjoy this delightful entertainment

Bear Baiting C 14
To make things fairer on the dogs - besides, they are valuable - the bear is muzzled so that he cannot bite them. Still, he can use his claws if not his jaws

Bear Baiting C 17
Ladies are alarmed when the bear, not taking kindly to being baited by the dogs, becomes aggressive. Date: 17th century

Bear Baiting C 16
Dogs are set on a bear, while two men with pikes stand ready to protect the sportsmen in case the bear should become aggressive

Bear Garden Theatre 5
Close by the Globe on Londons Bankside, this theatre is a venue for bear baiting which remains a popular sport throughout the 17th century though many disapprove

Bear Garden Theatre
Close to the Globe on Londons Bankside, this theatre is a venue for bear baiting which remains a popular sport throughout the 17th century though many disapprove

London / Bankside C1580
Plan of the Bankside area, including the bull and bear baiting pits

Bear Baiting, 1821
At Charleys Theatre, Westminster, London

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