Rocking Gallery

Little boy on rocking horse

A rather superior looking little boy dressed in a tartan kilt and Scottish velvet jacket rides on a rocking horse. In the background are a toy castle, a model train engine with signals, and a large model sailing boat. Date: circa 1930s

© Mary Evans Picture Library/JOHN MACLELLAN

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Gentleman on an old nag and lady on a pony meet up

Gentleman on an old nag and lady on a pony meet up during a fox hunt, 19th century. Rosa McDermott sidesaddle on her pony and Jack Bunting shake hands. The groom gardener Old Gaiters watches from behind a tree. Who would have thought of seeing you. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by John Leech from Robert Smith Surtees Plain or Ringlets?, Bradbury and Evans London, 1860. Leech (1817-1864) was an English caricaturist and illustrator best known for his work for Punch magazine

© Florilegius

Young Jockey on a rocking horse posting a letter

D'you know that you owe me a letter? I fear you're an awful forgetter, or are you a jockey to boast how often you're passing the post?
1934

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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