Proudly Gallery

Stylish Horse Race by Victor Hicks

A stylised illustration showing an elegant lady leading a racehorse in the paddock. The illustration is accompanied by the following poem; Airs and graces, heirs and races On a course by sunshine lit; And when Pippa proudly passes, With what joy we raise our glasses To our winning favourite

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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British Hunting Girl - American View - Red Ensign held aloft

Great Britain - Archetype / Personification - American View - Stylish hunting girl with crop, top hat and holding proudly aloft The Red Ensign or "Red Duster", the civil ensign of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is the flag flown by British merchant or passenger ships since 1707. Date: circa 1906

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

WW1 - Cartoon - Wilhelm II hears the Cossacks coming

WW1 - A cartoon illustrating German Emperor Wilhem II standing proudly, mistaking the sound of distant rumbling as the arrival of his people'. With his back turned, he is unaware that is in fact the approaching Eastern Slavic people, known as the Cossacks, who are charging towards him. Date: 1914

© Mary Evans Picture Library