Horseriding Collection

Nick Skelton in show jumping event, Royal Cornwall Show. circa 1980s

Princess Mary, Riding
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897-1965), daughter of King George V, attending a meet of the Bramham Moor Foxhounds at Tatefield Hall. Date: 1925

Fashionable riders in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, London
Fashionable riders in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, Central London. Date: 1889

Illustration by Reginald Birch to Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Wilkins was carrying his hat for him, and his hair was flying, but he came back at a brisk canter. Date: 1886

A fop driving in the Bois de Boulogne, 1840. Dandy in top hat and coat with monocle and whip driving a one-horse gig, woman in ermine-trim cape over a pink dress, bonnet and ermine muff

Rider performing carousel exercises with lance, sword and pistol, jousting at a ring and a dummy head. Copied from Francois Robichon de La Guerinieres Ecole de Cavalerie, 1730

Riders in St. Mortiz
A scene in the Swiss ski resort of St. Moritz in 1927 showing riders in smart riding habits, stopping by a cafÚáÀith their horses

Royal Tournament Rehearsal
Life Guards rehearsing a display of bare-back horse-jumping for the Royal Tournament, to be held at Olympia the following week. Date: 1932

Ladies Race at Sonning
The winner of the Ladies Adjacent Hunts Race, organised by the Berks and Bucks Farmers Staghounds, being congratulated by the runner-up. Date: 1932

High Diving Horse
William Doc Carver (1851-1927) had been mounting a diving horse show since 1894. The rider in this picture is probably his daughter Lorena. Date: circa 1925

Princess Mary, Hunting
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897-1965), daughter of King George V, attending a meet of the Bramham Moor Hunt

Minnie Thompson, Dallas cowgirl in New York
Minnie Thompson from Dallas, Texas, performs horse riding feats outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Central Park, New York. She had won many prizes as a trainer of unbroken horses. Date: 1910

Boys playing the game of piggyback horseriding
Five boys playing the game of piggyback horseriding, le cheval fondu. From an illustration by Francois Boucher engraved by Huquier, 1765

What are we coming to? Camera fiend taking a record snapshot. A photographer hides beneath a hedge waiting for that perfect shot of a horse rider jumping overhead. Date: 1896

Maj.s Kennedy and Sir Gerald Mildmay - Reading and District
Maj.s Kennedy and Sir Gerald Mildmay judging at the Reading and District Horse Show held in Mr Oliver Dixons grounds. Dixon was one of the best known hunter dealers in England at the time. Date: 1927

Tent Pegging at the Royal Tournament
Tent-pegging at the Royal Tournament, the annual event when the best of the Armed Forces displayed their skills. Date: 1932

Playing Card Back - Female Horse jumping a fence. Date: 1930s

Show jumping event, Devon County Show
Show jumping event at the Devon County Show. Date: circa 1980s

David Broom in show jumping event, Royal Cornwall Show. Date: circa 1980s

Uzbekistan - Tashkent - Saddler and his Shop. Date: circa 1902

Horse and rider tumbling over a fence
A horse takes a tumble over a fence and throws its rider whose top hat flies off. A nasty fall. Date: 1905

Walking on Le Sentier de la Vertu, Bois de Boulogne, Paris
Taking a walk on a style-conscious stretch of the Bois de Boulogne called Le Sentier de la Vertu, Paris, France. Date: circa 1910s

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