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Henry, Prince of WalesHenry Frederick Stuart, Prince of Wales, elder son of King James I of England (VI of Scotland). He died of typhoid fever. Date: 1594 - 1612
Gentleman and his extensive luggageFully Equipped - A smart young Gentleman and his extensive luggage en route to a shooting weekend in the country. A porters nightmare... Date: 1908
Spanish Bullfighting Series (3 / 12)Spanish Bullfighting Series. The picador on horseback. Date: 1913
Silhouette of a military badge, including a crown and two crossed lances
Taking the Waters and its effectTaking the Waters - The First Glass ! Nine gentlemen take the waters in a spa town, with the result depicted by a tenth chap at the base of the card, from whom bubbles are issuing forth. circa 1904
Silhouette of horse and rider, Royal TournamentSilhouette of horse and rider -- part of a cavalry display by the 17th/21st Lancers at the Royal Tournament. 1926
Child embarrasses an up-tight manIts Rather Embarrassing An up-tight Gentleman doesn t know how to react to the playful young companion in his railway compartment. Date: 1904
Vicar remembering his youth - rowing on the riverForty Years On A priest remembers the days of his youth, when he too partook in boating down on the river. Date: circa 1906
A Professor of Languages A Language Student returns to his College, but his grasp of the vernacular of his cabby seems less that First Class as he appears to have underpaid his driver
A Matter of Taste A different approach to having a drink between these two boating enthusiasts. The portly older gentleman preferring a whiskey and soda
Attending the Tulips - Amorous Couple GardeningAttending the Tulips An amorous couple attending to their two lips (!) whilst working together at their gardening. Date: circa 1906
5th Royal Irish Lancer jumping an obstacle. Date: 1910s
Saab LansenSwedish jet fighter (- Lansen = lance) Date: circa 1950
Big Game hunter sending his last postcardA big game hunter who has (what rotten luck!) become a lunchtime snack for his intended victim (a very jolly lion) sends his last address which is: In Red Lion, Timbuktu !!!!!!! Date: 1906
River Days - Couple going boatingA young couple spending River Days out boating The gentleman is doing the gentlemanly thing and carrying the picnic hamper, the cushions and the oars! Date: circa 1906
Stuck Up - A Punting DisasterTwo illustrations of the phrase Stuck Up. In the main scene, an unlucky man is stuck on his pole as a quiet afternoon punting with his lady loves goes rather wrong (he has lost his hat too!)
British torpedo boat destroyer launching, SouthamptonA British torpedo boat destroyer launching at Southampton a few months before the start of the First World War. It is probably HMS Lance, a Laforey-class destroyer
Young Oxford Student, College Master and BulldogsA young Oxford student greets the Master of his College with all due deference (making sure to hide his smoking pipe behind his back)
A Delhi, Turkish Light InfantryA Dehli - Turkish light cavalry. A cavalry trooper wearing a tall hat with a lance in his hand, a musket slung over his back and a curved sword at his side. He is mounted on a brown horse. 1803
Shepheards Hotel, Cairo, Egypt Date: 1906
A Windfall - tasting an apple in the gardenA Windfall - a charming postcard from Lance Thackerays Amateur Gardening series. A lady gives her male companion a taste of the first fallen apple of the season. Date: 1906
Greek fire on lanceAn infantryman carries a flaming lance
A Good RainfallA delightful postcard illustrated by Lance Thackeray, entitled A Good Rainfall from the Amateur Gardening series. A girl watering her high hedge soaks her male companion and then tells him to go
Lancers Corps - Horseback - British ArmyThe proposed uniform and equipment for a new corps of lancers in the British Army. Seen here is a side view of a mounted lancer charging with his lance tucked under his right arm. 1813
Lancers Corps - British ArmyThe proposed uniform and equipment for a new corps of lancers in the British Army. Seen here is a side view of a lancer standing holding his lance resting on his right shoulder with his sabre at his
Punting - pushing off from the bank. " I can just Manage" Date: 1902
East End Couple having funA couple from the East End of London " having a real good time!". The gentleman and the lady have swapped hats! Date: circa 1900
16th Century KnightA knight rides forth, sword in hand, accompanied by his squire who carries his lance for him. Date: 1517 ?
Water QuintainA medieval game of water quintain
Lance Corporal of the Life GuardsA Lance Corporal of the Life Guards (Mounted Review Order). Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Mobilising Bedouin TroopsBedouin troops mobilised in Iran. Cavalry carry long spears and the flag of the Ottoman Empire flies above the troops
Lance Corporal - South Staffordshire Regiment (left) and Colour Sergeant - North Staffordshire Regiment (right)
Awarded the Victoria Cross: Lance-Corporal Charles Alfred Jaheroism
Lance-Sergeant John D. Baskeyfield VC (1922-44)Photographic portrait of Lance-Sergeant John Baskeyfield of the South Staffordshire Regiment, First Airborne Division, pictured c.1943
Saint George / CaxtonSAINT GEORGE SAINT GEORGE thrusts his lance down the throat of the dragon. Described here as probably the first in existence
The Bicycle Tournament at the Myrtle-Street Gymnasium, LiverEngraving of a Bicycle Tournament, held by the Liverpool Velocipede Club, at the Myrtle-Street Gymnasium, Liverpool, April 1869
Tartar and HorseA Tartar (Russia) catches his horse by using his lance to catch its bridle
Kalmuck WarriorKalmuck warrior armed with a lance and bow
Norman Battle SceneA shower of arrows fell upon the column. A fierce battle scene between Hereward and the Norman invaders
Saladin & Leopard KnightSALAH AD-DIN YUSUF IBN AYYUB Saladin on horseback (l) accompanied by Sir Kenneth, Earl of Huntingdon, Prince Royal of Scotland; incognito as the Knight of the Leopard
Medieval Knights ArmourThe full armour of a medieval knight with details of plate and arm armour and hand weapons and lancing equipment
Greek CharioteersGreek warrior soldiers in their fine gilt chariot. One of the two horses rests down on its haunches seemingly from exhaustion
St George / Dragon / RoxburgSAINT GEORGE thrusts his lance down the throat of the dragon
Knight on HorsebackThe Knight at the hermitage
French Lance PracticeFrench cavalrymen practice handling their lances while mounted
Tristram & WitchA witch advises King Mark of Cornwall about the wound Sir Tristram received from Sir Marhauss lance
French Lancer (Vallet)A Russian Cossack of the Imperial Guard on horseback with lance
St George and DragonSAINT GEORGE seen here on his white horse, with the unfortunate dragon in a separate panel below