Leaping Collection (page 3)

Jump for Joy! Date: 1960s

Burning of Zeppelin shed at Dusseldorf by G. H. Davis
The burning of the new Zeppelin shed at Dusseldorf, by an officer of the Royal Flying Corps. How the giant flame, 500 feet high, leapt up after the bomb had exploded in the shed

The Player Who Realised He Had Made a Mistake
Humorous illustration by Fitz, visualising that awful feeling - waiting for it as a tennis player regrets his ill-judged lob against his opponent who leaps up to smash the ball and win a point

Two men playing leapfrog

The Great Monohan - Record-breaking Roller Skater
G.S. Monohan ( The Great Monohan ) showing off his skills on his roller skates - here jumping cleanly over three chairs. Date: circa 1909

The Last boat leaving Bangor for Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: circa 1906

Norwich - Carnival - Seven Women as Portland Vase - Wedgwood
Norwich, Norfolk - A Carnival - Seven Women dressed as the Portland Vase advertising Wedgwood. The Portland vase was in the news at the time as th Earl of Portland tried to sell the original (Roman)

Frolicking beauties on a Florida beach - USA Date: circa 1940s

Leafhopper in amber
Leafhoppers are small, leaping insects and seen here preserved in Dominican amber. Specimen dates from the Lower Miocene

Cetacea (order), whale
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Skeleton of horse. Leaping. Leaving the ground

Horses. Leaping a 3 ft. 6 hurdle. Irregular. Photograph shows twenty-four consecutive images of a man riding a horse named Frankie, jumping over a hurdle. Date c1881. Horses. Leaping a 3 ft

Horses. Leaping - Horses. Walking. Photograph shows two series of five consecutive images. Series on left depicts a man riding a horse named Phyrne L. leaping over fence

Horses. Leaping. Photograph shows two series of five consecutive images of a man riding a horse named Phyrne L. leaping over fence. Date c1881

Skeleton of horse. Leaping. Contact with the ground. Photograph shows a skeleton of a horse leaping. Date c1881

Horses. Leaping a 3 ft. 6 hurdle. Photograph shows twenty-four consecutive images of a man riding a horse named Phryne L. jumping over a hurdle. Date c1881. Horses. Leaping a 3 ft. 6 hurdle

7th Dragoon Guards - Taking the Water Jump. Date: circa 1910s

Cadre Noir - Saumur, France - Leaping a large obstacle
Acrobatic leap by a horse and rider at the French National Horse-Riding School (Cadre Noir), Saumur, Loire Valley, France

Silhouette of horseracing scene
Silhouette of a horseracing scene, showing four jockeys and their horses in profile, leaping a tall hedge. Each jockey is wearing different colours

Stock Exchange Notes (2 / 4) - Bull Market
Stock Exchange Notes - Unexpected Bull movements created great excitement! 1903

Dingoes, leap over a tree root a forest, their coats are redish brown with tints of black Date: 20th century

Greyhounds racing round a track, seen here in the air as they leap a low hedge. Three men watch from behind a fence. Date: early 20th century

Dancers on Skis
A man and woman in matching outfits, dancing on skis! Date: early 1930s

Man leaping into the air
An athletic man leaping high into the air. circa 1940s

Tatler front cover, Wimbledon 1962
Front cover of The Tatler, reporting on Wimbledon Tennis Championship for 1962 and particularly tennis fashions. The girl clearing the net in style is wearing a tennis tunic by tennis fashion leading

Arion of Methymna leaping into the sea
" He leapt into the sea" -- an illustration to the childrens story, Harry and Herodotus, or Tales of an Old Traveller

Piper watching fish leaping and dancing on the shore
" I want none of your leaping and dancing now" -- an illustration to the childrens story, Harry and Herodotus, or Tales of an Old Traveller

Leaping Athlete
A jumping German athlete striking a pose in mid air. Date: early 1930s

Leopards and Macaws
A stylised jungle scene of a Leopard (Panthera pardus) chasing a Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna), whilst another watches on from a distant high branch. Stylised painting by Raymond Sheppard

Ocelot chasing birds
Stylised painting by Raymond Sheppard of an Ocelot leaping through jungle foliage in pursuit of three blue swallows

A Leopard catches a Peacock
A Leopard pounces on a Peacock, whose flights from its perch is not fast enough for the big cats paw. Painting by Raymond Sheppard

Stag leaping
A stag leaps over a fence in a wintry landscape - illustration for The Harbourer story

Geoffrey Dyson OBE, chief coach for Britain in track and field from 1947 to 1961, seen leaping over a hurdle

Lobster Salad, Bon Surprise, by A. K. MacDonald
A colour illustration of a ladies leaping out of a salad bowl, chased by a lobster

Captured frogs bid for Freedom
A young schoolboy in his full school uniform get a nasty surprise when the frog he has captured makes a daring bid for freedom, leaping out and away as soon as the airhole-added lid has been lifted

Hunting and Fishing in Manitoba, Canada, 1877
Engraving showing four views of European men hunting and fishing in Manitoba, Canada, 1877. The views show (clockwise from top)

Girl on a spacehopper 3 of 4
A care-free girl bounces along on her spacehopper, quite clearly having lots of fun. (Picture 3 of 4)

A Salmon Leaping
A salmon leaps high into a waterfall, against the flow

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Persevering Carp
A carp, repeatedly leaping from the ice to catch a biscuit, inspires Rosetsu to persevere with his art career, of which he had previously despaired

Mozart / Nozze / Liebig 3
(The Marriage of Figaro) The gardener tells the Count that he has just seen someone leaping from the Countesss bedroom window

Red Riding Hood Bed
The wicked wolf terrifies Red Riding Hoods grandmother by leaping onto her bed: she cowers under the sheets

German Deer Leaping
A German deer leaps over a tree-trunk

Leaping Salmon
A leaping salmon

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