Horseback Collection (page 20)

Egg and Spoon on Horses
Who says that the British in India had too much time on their hands? Ladies enjoy an egg-and-spoon race on horseback. Date: 1896

Manuscript Letter T
A knight on horseback rides over the letter T Date: circa 10th century

Wm Russell 1st D Bedford
WILLIAM RUSSELL, 5th earl and first duke of BEDFORD Parliamentary general, then Royalist general, then Parliamentary general again depicted on horseback Date: 1613 -1700

King Henry VI wearing armour
Henry VI (1421 - 1471) on horseback in full armour

British Occupy Rangoon
The surrender of Rangoon to the British troops. Date: May 1824

Dr Syntax with the Skimerton riders
Dr Syntax with the Skimerton [Skimmington] riders. Date: 1820

Italians in Greece
Greece : some on motor-cycles, some on horseback, the Italians advance into Greece Date: November 1940

Louis XIII as a Boy
LOUIS XIII as a boy, on horseback Date: 1601 - 1643

SHERIDANs ADVANCE 1864
Philip Henry Sheridan, US General, given command of the Army of the Shenandoah, he defeats General Lee. Here he advances at a good pace on horseback with his men. Date: 1864

Cowboys Show Off / Reming
Cowboys on horseback show off by firing their guns into the air Date: 1888

Quixote Seeks Dulcinea
He seeks the palace of the fair Dulcinea... Date: First published: 1605-15

Quack Doctor on Horse
Quack doctor or Mountebank on horseback sells patent medicines to townsfolk. Date: 18th Century

The Earl of Pembroke as a knight on horseback in 1315
The Earl of Pembroke on his horse in 1315. Date: 1315

King of Scotland Alexander II on Horseback
Alexander II King of Scotland on horseback Reigned 1214 - 1249 Date: circa 1220s

Native Americans, Mandan village and Rainmaker
Native Americans -- a scene in a Mandan village, with the Rainmaker on horseback. Date: circa 1855

Poster design, Spain, Seville Festival, with two couples on horseback. Date: circa 1950

Music cover, The Clock is Playing, A Musical Novelty for Piano, by Pierre Blaauw. circa 1920

John Gilpins hat and wig run down the road after him
John Gilpins ride on the back of an out-of-control horse - his hat and wig run down the road after him - from a comic ballad of 1782 by William Cowper - here he loses his hat and wig

John Gilpins loses his hat and wig
John Gilpins ride on the back of an out-of-control horse - from a comic ballad of 1782 by William Cowper - here he loses his hat and wig! Date: 18th century

John Gilpins rides on the back of an out-of-control horse
John Gilpins ride on the back of an out-of-control horse - here he is chased by turnpike men who think he is a Highwayman

The Glorious Campaign of Madero, Mexico
The Glorious Campaign of Madero -- Francisco Madero, seen here on horseback, was a statesman, writer, and revolutionary during the Mexican Revolution (1910-1911). Date: circa 1910

Ballad of Macario Romero, Mexico, who was determined to take leave from the army to visit his girlfriend. circa 1900s

Cecil Boyd-Rochfort (inset) and jockey on Foray
Sir Cecil Charles Boyd-Rochfort (inset, 1887-1983), prizewinning racehorse trainer, and a jockey on Foray. Date: circa 1936

Western Canada - Kissipimi Otunna (Tsuut ina Nation Squaw)
Western Canada - Tsuut ina Nation (formerly Sarsi, Scarcee or Sarcee) Kissipimi Otunna - a Squaw on horseback outside her teepee. Date: 1928

Western Canada - Blackfoot Indian Chiefs Date: 1928

Western Canada - A Cree Indian Brave. Date: 1928

The late Dick Richards on Lafayettes horse. Date: circa 1910

Dan Bulger racehorse and Prince Monolulu at the races
Racehorse Dan Bulger with jockey on horseback, and Prince Monolulu, horseracing tipster, at the races. circa 1936

Three remarkable glass lamps by Rene Jules Lalique (1860-1945) - a French designer known for his creations of glass art, perfume bottles, vases, jewellery, chandeliers

Solemn Procession of the Holy Blood, Bruges, Belgium
Lancers Band leading the Solemn Procession of the Holy Blood, Bruges, Belgium, an annual Roman Catholic procession on Ascension Day, instituted in 1303

Zigzag trail to Nevada Falls, Yosemite National Park, USA
Zigzag trail to Nevada Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. The trail runs alongside the Merced River. Date: circa 1925

Russian Cossack soldiers, Russia, WW1
Russian Cossack soldiers on horseback on the Eastern Front during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Russian Cossack soldiers, eastern front, WW1
Russian Cossack soldiers on horseback on the eastern front during the First World War. It is suggested that they are rallying to a counter-revolutionary call from General Kornilov, in September 1917

Women and children riding horses along a country lane in the West Country. Date: circa 1960s

Devon and Somerset huntsmen and staghounds in a field at Castle Hill, Filleigh, Barnstaple. Date: circa 1960s

Mereworth Castle, Mereworth, Kent, a Grade I listed Palladian country house built in the early 18th century. Date: 1809

Leaflet cover, Souvenir of The Cossacks -- acrobatics on horseback. Date: circa 1950s

King Edward VIII on horseback - saluting - with brothers
King Edward VIII (1894-1972) on horseback - taking a salute - riding with (from left) his brothers HRH Prince Albert, Duke of York (1895-1952), HRH Prince Henry

King Edward VIII on horseback - taking a salute
King Edward VIII (1894-1972) on horseback - taking a salute. Date: 1936

People and Cossack soldiers in a Russian street
People and Cossack soldiers on horseback in a Russian street during the Revolutionary period. The Cossacks had been brought from the Eastern Front to restore order. Date: circa 1917

People queueing for bread with police guard, Russia, WW1
People queueing in a street for bread at a time when food supplies were low, guarded by the imperial police, Russia, March 1917, during the First World War. Date: 1917

Five sovereigns on a Christmas card
Five sovereigns on a card -- May Good Luck hit you jolly hard this Christmas, and may you never want... a fiver. circa 1890s

Lash Hotel, Parksville, New York State, USA
Four scenes from the Lash Hotel, Parksville, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1940

Jousting tournament, St Erth, Cornwall
Jousting tournament taking place at St Erth, near Hayle, Cornwall. The two jousters have their helmets on, ready to charge. Date: circa 1970s

Huntsman and foxhounds, Bodmin, Cornwall
Huntsman and foxhounds of the North Cornwall Foxhounds, Lanhydrock Park, Bodmin, Cornwall. 1960s

Cartoon, The paper crisis, WW1
Cartoon, The paper crisis. A French officer on horseback asks a civilian why he has no papers (identity documents). The civilian replies that the newspapers are short of paper too! Date: 1916

Cartoon, Russian army on battlefield, WW1
Cartoon, Russian army charging across a battlefield. A Russian man tells a French man that they will soon put paid to the German enemy. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Troop transport, WW1
Cartoon, Troop transport. An ex-valet, now a soldier, is surprised to find that his former employer, a baron, is his driver. Date: 1916

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