Polo Collection (page 2)

On The Boards
A watercolour painting of some riders on horseback, playing polo in a tightly packed space. Date: circa 1915

Edward, Prince of Wales, playing polo Date: 1922

Victorian women playing water polo
The Ravensbourne Ladies water polo cup, the teams that competed were Jersey and Swansea, playing at the Westminster Baths in Great Smith Street. The Swansea ladies won by four goals to two

New Zealand water polo team, sporting studio portrait, with team banner, on fern, fronds. From an article, The New Zealander as an Athlete'. Date: 1895

Food for the Maharajah's Ponies
A food delivery for the Maharajah of Jaipur's thirty six polo ponies, being stabled in Malmesbury during a visit to England by the All-Indian polo team. Date: 1933

Water Polo By Night
A nocturnal women's water polo match at the Stadio del Littoria in Rome, attended by Benito Mussolini. Date: 1931

Polo at Roehampton
A polo match at the Roehampton Club between the Royal Air Force and the Chinchillas. Date: 1931

National School of Equitation Advertisement
A painting of the interior of the National School of Equitation, with an active game of ladies indoor polo in play. The picture is used as part of an advertisement for the school to attract customers

Lord Shrewsbury at Hurlingham polo club
Major Charles Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 20th Earl of Shrewsbury, 20th Earl of Waterford, 5th Earl Talbot KCVO (1860-1921) was keen on polo. Here he is attending a pony show at the Hurlingham Club

Polo players
A polo game being played at the Hurlingham Club, Fulham in 1910. The players shown below are the Duke of Westminster (1879-1953) and Lord Shrewsbury (1860-1921). Date: 1910

The new Spring fashions in London, 1925 with models from Dickins & Jones and Burberrys. 1/2 Date: 1925

c. 1890 India - British army officers - polo team
c.1890 India - British army officers - polo team with their trophy

Historical views of Persia (Iran). View of the city of Gombroon (Bandar Abbas) on the Persian Gulf 58, the courtesan Thais leading Alexander the Great to set fire to Persepolis 59

Music cover, Le Polo New French Quadrille, music by F R Trebutien, arranged by Charles D Albert, showing an indoor polo game. 1880

Sporting brooches mounted in diamonds: pug dog, frog, wheel, polo pony, locust, etc. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895

Gem scarf pins with diamond, ruby, sapphire, pearl, and cats eye. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895

Edward, Prince of Wales, at Anglo-American polo match
Edward, Prince of Wales, at an Anglo-American Polo match at Meadowbrook Club, New York, USA. 1924

Grumman G. 159 Gulfstream I N18N, Marco Polo
Grumman G.159 Gulfstream I N18N, Marco Polo (msn 90), of Winn Dixie Stores Inc. Date: 1967-1968

Albert, Duke of York playing Polo
Albert, Duke of York (1895-1952) (later King George VI) playing Polo - posing seated on his favourite pony just before taking part in this strenuous sport. Date: 1923

MAN LIGHTING CIGARETTE
A young man lights up a cigarette outside in the street Date: 1960s

Venice - Marco Polo 1338
A birds-eye view of Venice showing Marco Polo about to leave on his travels into Asia. The piazza San Marco is on the left of the picture. Date: 1338

Watching a game of Polo at Ranelagh
Elegant people watching the polo at Ranelagh, south-west London Date: 1912

SOCIAL / RANELAGH POLO 20C
Watching the polo at Ranelagh, south-west London Date: 1914

?Morning star? trench club, World War One, 1915 (c); wooden head made from a polo ball (?) with bullet spikes, ash handle and a leather strap secured with twine

Winston Churchill playing polo
Winston Churchill when Chancellor of the Exchequer (Nov 1924-June 1929) playing polo. The back of the photograph reads, " The Chancellor of the Exchequer indulges in his favourite pastime

Francisco Franco during his last public apparition from the
Francisco Franco during his last public appearance from the balcony of the Palacio de Oriente. With him, his wife Carmen Polo (left) and the princess Sophia and Juan Carlos (1st October 1975)

Lord and Lady Francis Scott at Njoro Polo Ground
Lord and Lady Francis Scottt at the Njoro Polo Ground in Kenya. Lady Francis Scott was Lady Eileen Elliot and Lord Francis was the brother of the Duke of Buccleuch

H H The Maharaja of Jaipur and Miss Molly Jones
H H Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur (1911-1970) with Miss Molly Jones, at a party held by the Ladies Polo Association. Date: 1939

Countess Nada and Zia Torby & their mother
The Countess Torby, morganatic wife of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovitch and her two daughters, Countess Nada (far left), later Marchioness of Milford of Haven and Countess Zia (2nd left)

Group photo, HMS Worcester, swimming team and water polo team. circa 1950s

Water polo
Illustration of a game of water polo being played in the sea. Date: 1903

Queen of Spain and Duchess of Westminster at Eaton Hall
Queen Ena of Spain (1887-1969), formerly Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, pictured at Eaton Hall in Cheshire with her hostess, Shelagh

Charles Stanhope, 8th Earl of Harrington on polo pony
Charles Stanhope, 8th Earl of Harrington (1844 - 1917), British peer and polo player, pictured mounted on a polo pony, despite his advanced age! Date: 1917

Deauville - an artists impression by Tony Wysard
Humorous illustration depicting society at the fashionable French seaside resort of Deauville, indulging in polo, cocktails, gambling, horse racing and golf

Mrs Charles Sweeny at Ascot
Mrs Charles Sweeny (middle), accompanied by Mr and Mrs Stephen Laddie Sanford (he was an American polo player) at Royal Ascot, 1938

Carmen Polo and her granddaughter Carmen visting

Marco Polo in the Court of the Great Kublai Khan. Illustration from a painting by Tranquillo Cremona (1860). Engraving

Bath of an Indian princess. Indian-Mongolian Art. Maliwa school. 1720. Hindu art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Paris. Marco Polo Gallery

Polo Cartoon by Tom Browne
Humorous Polo illustration for a comic postcard by Tom Browne. The gentleman player in the red seemingly needs to work on his mallet control! circa 1905

Queen Elizabeth II - royal tour of India
Queen Elizabeth II at a polo match with President Dr Rajendra Prasad in New Delhi during the royal tour of India in 1961. Date: 1961

Polo Grounds, New York
National League Baseball Park, Polo Grounds, New York, America, home to the New York Giants c. 1913. Seating capacity 45, 000

Marco Polo Kublai Khan
Marco Polo receives a golden tablet from Kublai Khan, ensuring safe passage through the Great Khans land

Tatler cover- Lady Louis Mountbatten at Ranelagh
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a portrait of Edwina Ashley Mountbatten watching her husband play polo at Ranelagh. Wife of Earl Louis Mountbatten of Burma (1900 - 1979)

Young couple walking along a beach, West Country
Young couple walking along a beach in the twilight, West Country. Date: circa 1980s

Football match, New York v Hakoah, New York City, USA
Football match, New York v Hakoah, at the Polo Grounds, New York City, USA, on 25 April 1926, in which Hakoah (from Vienna, Austria), won 4-0. Hakoah were a touring team of all-Jewish players

Polo ground hall, Mount Abu, Rajasthan, India
Polo ground hall, Mount Abu (Aboo) hill station, Rajasthan, India. circa 1908

British Caribbean man standing by the golf course - Jamaica
British Caribbean man standing by the golf course at the Holiday Inn Ohio Rios Jamaica. Standing near a brown building extension

British Caribbean Heritage - Boy on the bench Hampstead Lond
British Caribbean Heritage -Boy on the bench Hampstead London 1990, wearing white polo shirt and black track bottoms. Date: 1990

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