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Trooper of 61st Cavalry - Indian ArmyA Trooper of the 61st Cavalry of the Indian Army - a modern descendant of the old British Indian Army (last of the horseback soldiers). Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Djemaa el-Djedid Mosque and Consulate Palace - AlgiersThe Consulate Palace and Djemaa el-Djedid Mosque at Algiers, Algeria. Contrary to its name, the New Mosque, (the Djemaa el-Djedid) sometimes also called the Pcherie Mosque
Statue of Duc D Orleans & Mosque - AlgiersA remarkable juxtaposition: A Statue of the Duc D Orleans and the Mosque of Djemaa el-Djedid, Algiers, Algeria. Colonial French town planners cleared many Ottoman buildings when they redesigned
Algerian Chief on horsebackAn Algerian chieftain on horseback
Funeral of King Edward VIIScene at the funeral of King Edward VII -- Sir Evelyn Wood, Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener on horseback
George V reviewing Army Reserve in Hyde ParkKing George V reviewing the British Army Reserve in Hyde Park, Central London. He can be seen on horseback, saluting the men as they march past him
Indian cavalry rehearsing for royal visit, BombayIndian cavalry rehearsing at the Apollo Bandar in Bombay, in preparation for the visit of King George V and Queen Mary for the Coronation Durbar
Stylised view of a rider approaching Constantinople, with the distinctive outline of a Mosque on the horizon
Wandering Russian Shamen or Dervish riding a rather dishevelled horse with trained raven on a pole. Surrounded by a crowd of onlookers
Sultan Mahmud IMahmud I, called the Hunchback (1696 - 1754) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1754"
Prince of Wales (George V) at Bolton AbbeyThe Prince of Wales (soon to be George V) at Bolton Abbey as a guest of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire at the opening of the grouse shooting on Wharfedale Moor
Les Charlatans ItaliensPrint of etching of " Les Charlatans Italiens" by Karel Dujardin, 1657. HPG/8/2/1 (x)"
Gravenhage, The Netherlands - The Royal Palace. A lovely card, bordered with a selction of photographs of local windmills!
Lieutenant Hyslop and Lord Mayor on Salisbury PlainLieutenant Hyslop with the Lord Mayor, both of them on horseback, during a review of the Territorial Army on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire
Wedding at Lorna Doones church, DevonAn unusual wedding at Lorna Doones church (St Marys Church, Oare, which features in the novel by R D Blackmore), near the village of Malmsmead, Exmoor, Devon
Charles Augustus Stanhope, 8th Earl of Harrington (1844-1917), royal aide-de-camp, known as the Grand Old Man of Polo. Seen here on horseback in a field
Ancient bridge on road to old PanamaA man on horseback atop an ancient bridge on the road to Old Panama
Shrimp Fishermen on mules - FranceShrimp Fishermen on mules - Brittany, France
Three men on horseback, Kashgar, western ChinaThree men on horseback in front of three structures with oriental style roofs, in Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts
Southern China - Local Man on horsebackA Turkic man sat on a mighty steed in a mountain pass in the far north of India or the very south of Xinjiang Province, China on the road through the mountains to Kashgar
Hare Hunting / SilkThe First Point A hunter on horseback chases a hare with two hunting dogs
Roman costumeClothing for men and women in Imperial Rome, fundamentally togas of various kinds
A Mexican sentry on horseback
Guardians of the Sikh Refugee caravanArmed Sikh men on horseback act as the self-appointed guardians fo the column of refugees travelling from East Punjab to Pakistan and safety following the partition of india
Warm welcome for British Calvalry menKisses from grateful women for gallant men. British cavalry men are greeted by joyful French women in the village of Monchy in France after the battle of Arras
Spahis exercising - AlgeriaSpahis were light cavalry regiments of the French army recruited primarily from the indigenous populations of Algeria. Here they are doing sword exercises
Tunisia - Bizerte - FerryboatChain Ferryboat at Bizerte - setting off from the quay with a couple of carts, a carriage, pedestrians and a policeman on horseback. Bizerte is known as the oldest and most European city in Tunisia
Ops Volunteers in DublinO.P.S Ulster Volunteers ride on horseback through the streets of Dublin during the Easter rising of April 1916
Grand PrincessTatiana of RussiaGrand Princess Tatiana Nikolaievna (1897-1918), daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, granddaughter of Princess Alice
Mr and Mrs Winston ChurchillMr Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty and Mrs Clementine Churchill on horseback
People left in London during the Summer Holidays, 1881Engraving showing a number of the types of people left in London, whilst more fortunate folk went on holiday in the summer of 1881
Dead Sequoia Tree in California, 1877Engraving showing three men on horseback next to a fallen giant sequoia tree, California, 1877. This particular tree, it seems, was hollow enough for a man to ride through on horseback
The Duke of Cambridge on horsebackDuke of Cambridge, Queen Victorias cousin and Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in 1856
A Black OutlookTwo Sikh soldiers, with bayonets fixed, wait to ambush a German Uhlan on horseback. Apart from the terrible pun of the title, the Indian divisions fighting with the Allies were greatly respected
Prince Otto von Bismarck at Sedan, Franco-Prussian War, 1870Engraving showing Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg (1815-1898), the Prusso-German statesman and first Chancellor of the German Empire
Sir Robert Baden-Powell on horseback, c. 1900Photograph showing Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857-1941), the English soldier and founder of the Boy Scouts, pictured on horseback when Colonel of the 5th Dragoon Guards
Sir Samuel Hughes on horseback; France, 1916Illustration of Sir Samuel Hughes (1853-1921), the Canadian Minister of Militia, pictured on horseback in France during the First World War
Mounted French Spahis guarding German prisoners; First WorldPhotograph showing French Algerian Spahis on horseback guarding German soldiers captured during the Battle of the Somme, 1916
Emperor Napoleon III, 1854Engraved portrait of Napoleon III, Emperor of France, in military uniform on horseback, 1854
Corradinis Descent on Horseback, 1898Illustration showing (Frank) Corradinis horse-riding act, which he displayed in Berlin, Paris and Copenhagen in 1898. Corradini
Bazaar at Kadikol, near Balaklava, Crimean War, 1856Engraving of busy street scene at Balaklava at the end of the Crimean war. Soldiers and civilians jostle together, some on horseback, civilians in typical russian dress, caps and belted long coats
Party of Cossacks entering Kadikol, Crimean War, 1856Engraving of a small group of Russian troops on horseback, leaving the Crimea at the cessation of the Crimean War, 1856. Despite defeat by the allied forces of the Turks
British cavalrymen on horsebackA photograph of Dragoon guards of the Queens Bays mounted during an exercise. The colour image was published by the Illustrated London News to show their readers how the British khaki uniforms
Dancing HorseA Minuet Dancer !!
Riders in Yellowstone Park, 1888Engraving showing a pair of cowboys on horseback, riding through a burnt forest, Yellowstone Park, USA, 1888. In March 1872 President Grant made Yellowstone a National Park
The Earl of Albemarle, 1900Photograph of the Earl of Albemarle on horseback, in his uniform as Commander of the City Imperial Volunteers Infantry
Franco-Prussian War. The First German in ParisOn January 28th 1871 Paris capitulatd to the Prussians. The Government of National Defence, under Trochu and Gambetta, signs a 3 week armistice with Bismarck to negotiate peace
Skirmish between native American Indian braves and white AmeEngraving showing some native American Indians on horseback being shot at by white American gunmen, on a prairie, 1874