Horses Collection (page 100)

Horse & Chickens C1910
A horse surrounded by chickens

Horses with Plumes 1906
Two horses with plumes

March of Machinery
The March of Machinery. The usefulness of technological advances - artificial limbs dentures - street cleaners and mechanical horses

Tax Receipt 1802
Receipt for taxes paid by William Deedham, including Window Tax, Male Servant, Carriages & Horses, but no dog. All this set him back upwards of 23 pounds

Ridinger Haute Ecole 3
Haute Ecole : Training a horse to the Vaulting Trot with a sandbag to simulate weight of rider

Ridinger Haute Ecole 6
Haute Ecole : Pas de menage

Ridinger Haute Ecole 5
Haute Ecole : Parade at a gallop

Country Stables
The stables at Bothamstall Hall, near Retford, Nottinghamshire, home of the Clegg family, one of whom is doubtless the man on the horse talking to the groom

Newcastle Balottades
The Duke of Newcastle demonstrates Ballotades par Le Droite

Lady Riding on Road
A lady riding side-saddle trots along a country road

Ridinger Haute Ecole 4
Haute Ecole : Courbette to the right

Horse Dress Advert
Outfitting the equestrienne is a speciality at Altman of Fifth Avenue, New York

Ridinger Haute Ecole 9
Haute Ecole : Accustoming the horse to the sound of a drum

Swim River in Armour
Scandinavian warriors wearing full armour swim a river on horseback

Newcastle Caprioles
The Duke of Newcastle demonstrates Caprioles par Le Droite

Military Blacksmith
If horses are essential to yesterdays armies, the blacksmith is essential to keep them well shod : this marechal ferrant is at work in a French cavalry camp

French Stone Quarry
Horses drag a wagon-load of stone from a French quarry : a massive windlass is used to raise the stone from the workings to the road

Apsley House 1829
Apsley House, Hyde Park Corner, home of the Duke of Wellington Date: 1829

French King on Horse
Charles VI of France and his brother the duc de Touraine ride from Montpellier to Paris in four and a half days

Czechs Aid Kerensky
Czech forces under Alexander Kerensky requisition horses in central Russia, planning to continue resistance to the Red Army : but Kerensky will soon flee to Paris

Royal Stables 1747
Horses and carriages are the principal form of transport for royalty & nobility, so the Royal Stables at Charing Cross play a vital role. St Martins in the Fields to the right

Arab and Arab Horse
A Bedouin Arab and his favourite horse - his most treasured possession

Watching the Finish
Racegoers watch the leading horses come down to the winning post

Wounded Horses
Tsar Alexander II assassinated by nihilists : two of the horses who were wounded by the explosion

Elegantly Harnessed
Henri II, king of France, on his elegantly harnessed horse, with plume of feathers on its head and tassels on its neatly tied tail

Weston-Super-Mare / 1907
Weston-super-Mare, Avon: view of the new pier

Stables at Thirlestaine
The elaborate exterior and interior of the Stables at Thirlestaine House, which were put up for auction, hence the illustrations, which were used to tempt potential buyers

French Diligence
Changing the horses on a French diligence; note the cobbled paving of the road

Casting / Firing a Horse
The Newly approved method of casting and fireing. A horse is firmy restrained with ropes before branding with a hot poker

Hunting / Boar and Deer
Romans hunting boar and deer with dogs, mounted on horses, and using nets

FAIR / WEST COUNTRY 1930 S
A West Country Fair (includes Ernest Hills 4-abreast Galloping Horses)

Karl Kralls Dogs
Karl Krall, who had previously taken over as the proprietor of Clever Hans, one of the Elberfeld horses, also tried to show that dogs could be trained to answer questions

Persephone & Pluto
Summer turns to Autumn, and to her dismay Persephone (Proserpina) must ride with her husband Pluto (Hades) in his chariot to the underworld until the following Spring

Trawling with Horses
Trawling for fish with horses, Belgium

Brunhildes Departure
BRUNHILD(E)s DEPARTURE FROM ISENSTEIN : Painting celebrating Brunhild(e), the German mythical woman renowned for her superhuman physique

Child on Horse 1926
A child gallops at speed on his horse

Soldiers & Horses
Cadets at the French military academy of Saint-Cyr groom their horses

Hand-Drawn Engines
Although the larger engines of French sapeurs-pompiers are drawn by horses, smaller appliances are drawn to the scene of the fire by the firemen themselves

Learning about Horses
Cadets at the French military academy of Saint-Cyr learn about the anatomy of the horses they will ride

Ladies Auctioned
THE MATRIMONIAL TATTERSALLs Marriageable ladies and gentlemen are put up for auction as if they were horses

Horses Feeding Time
An old man in a flat cap fetches a hungry horse a bucket of meal as it pokes its head in anticipation over the stable door!

Euston Arch
The great Doric arch at the entrance to Euston Station, designed by Philip Hardwick, it was completed in 1838 at a cost of 35, 000. Tragically demolished in 1962 - 1963"

French Cavalry Grooming
LE PANSAGE - French cavalrymen groom their horses at least once a day, checking for injuries

French Cavalry Vets
French cavalry horses are periodically examined by the veterinaire

French Cavalry Training
French cavalrymen practice staying on their horses without using their hands, so as to use their guns or sabres

French Move Horses
To move cavalry effectively to the front, they are conveyed by road or rail : French load horses onto wagons

Watering French Horses
French cavalrymen water their horses at the abreuvoir. Horses should be watered twice a day in summer, once in winter

Cavalry on and Off
French cavalrymen practice getting on and off their horses - one foot in the stirrup, then whoops-a-daisy !

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