Saddle Collection

Lambretta motor scooter
A Lambretta motor scooter parked against a fence

HRH Queen Elizabeth II - Trooping of the Colour
The Queen attending the Trooping of the Colour ceremony in her Coronation year, seen here riding to Horse Guards Parade on her official birthday to take the salute of the Brigade of Guards

Blacksmith shoeing a Metropolitan Police horse
A blacksmith shoeing a Metropolitan Police horse. There are discarded horseshoes on the floor, and more hanging from a rack on the wall. Date: circa 1960s

W Rithcie on Lightning Creek during the Calgary Stampede
William Ritchie riding Lightning Creek during the Calgary Stampede Rodeo, Canada. Date: 1919

Duchess of Newcastle
MARGARET CAVENDISH, DUCHESS OF NEWCASTLE Here described as the Marchioness, though the horse seems marginally more important

Jockey and Saddle C1900
A jockey carrying his saddle on his back

Riding Dress Anglaise
English riding habit with Amazon corsage. Quite severe in its tailoring & worn with a top hat & buttonhole the only feminine note is the rider sitting side saddle

Immovable - 2 young boys fail to get a beach donkey to move
Immovable - two young boys fail to get a beach donkey to move! As stubborn as a mule... Date: 1907

Princess Elizabeth riding as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards
Princess Elizabeth (1926-2022) (later Queen Elizabeth II) riding in the uniform of Colonel of the Grenadier Guards - pictured outside Buckingham Palace. Preparing to hold the reins of power

Muffed Flying Tumblers, Pigeons
A portrait of four sub-variants of the Flying Tumbler pigeon breed. The Flying Tumblers shown is the Black Rose-Wing, the Red Rose-Wing, the Red-Badge and the Black Saddle

The horse through the ages
Various women riding horses. Date: 1918

Making horse tack in a workshop
Two craftsmen preparing the leatherwork for horse tack; shaping, stretching and sewing the pieces to the correct shape and size. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Lady Jumps Fence
A lady and her horse jump a wall, proving that even riding side-saddle a woman can match a man

A saddler making a saddle in his leather workshop
A saddler in leather apron making a saddle in his workshop. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818

Women riding side saddle 1895
Two women riding in th countryside, side saddle. Date: 1895

Charles Wood, English horseracing jockey
Charles Wood (1856-1945), English flat racing jockey. late 19th century

Silhouette of polo stables, horses and players

Advert for Asprey for the races 1937
A variety of outdoor items for the races including: Ladies seal race companion, pigskin betting book, field glasses, binoculars, aluminium mount saddle seat

Dr. Zanders apparatus, 1897
Dr Zanders apparatus: a lady rides side saddle on a horse simulator. A fixed saddle is attached to a cast iron frame, simulating similar vibrations to those experienced when riding a horse. 1897

Lady Riding Sidesaddle
A lady riding sidesaddle: the horse belongs to the late Earl of Pembroke. Date: 1870s

French Horsewoman 1805
In Napoleonic Paris, a lady on horseback (side-saddle) stops to talk to a friend about the news from the war - or from the salons de couture

LADYs SEAT
The correct seat - side- saddle, of course - for the accomplished equestrienne

Nurse administering a large enema syringe to a man in bed with his lover. The secret lover taking an enema instead of the girl. The clyster. Le remede

Rider with check coat, riding helmet, tight roll-neck jumper/sweater and her horse Date: circa late 1940s

Lady riding side-saddle on a horse stuck in a fence during a fox hunt, 19th century. Mrs Lucy Somerville urges her horse Leotard out of the briars while Facey Romford and other huntsmen watch

Arab man on grey Arabian horse
A young Arab man sits in the saddle of his grey Arabian horse, Petra, Jordan. The man wears a keffiyeh, or kufiya headdress Date: circa 1985

Lady Lindsay's Watford Belle, Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland, October 1935 Date: 1935

Lady Lindsay's Blue Prince, Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland, October 1935 Date: 1935

Lady Lindsay's Tolladden, Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland, October 1935 Date: 1935

Hesshutte, Gesause National Park, Austria
Hesshutte - a mountain refuge in Gesause National Park, located in the Austrian State of Styria. Built by the Alpine company Die Ennstaler in 1893 and named after the Gesause pioneer Heinrich Hess

Husky sled dog team on the Jungfraujoch, Switzerland
Husky sled dog team on the Jungfraujoch ('maiden saddle'), a saddle connecting two major peaks of the Bernese Alps: the Jungfrau and the Monch

Pretty young woman with her lovely bicycle. Date: 1907

Advertisement, Vigor's Horse-Action Saddle, captioned horse exercise at home'. Illustration of man and woman, each riding a mechanical horse action saddle on wooden and metal frame. Date: 1895

Ladies Race at Sonning
The winner of the Ladies Adjacent Hunts Race, organised by the Berks and Bucks Farmers Staghounds, being congratulated by the runner-up. Date: 1932

The Racehorse Xandover, a recent winner at Newmarket, being ridden by jockey Edward Charlie Elliott. Date: 1931

Oliver Cromwell discovering the letter of King Charles I at the Blue Boar, Holborn, London Date: 1647

Mrs McBride on Saxon Queen
Mrs McBride and Saxon Queen competed at Richmond Horse Show, winning Class 8. Date: 1910

King George V Britain Royal Royalty Death Crowd
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LADY GALLOPER
A lady hunter gallops, side- saddle, eager to be in at the death of the fox. Behind her is a horse that has jettisoned its rider, and two gentleman riders

Funeral of Edward VII, with favourite dog
The funeral of King Edward VII, with his favourite dog Caesar and horse following behind. 1910

Comic postcard, Pretty woman with a bicycle Date: 20th century

c. 1880s Japan - horse with saddlery and groom

Pack camels for transporting goods, Australia
Vintage early 20th century photograph - pack camels for transporting goods, in the far north of Australia, c.1910

Caleches, horse drawn carriages, Montreal Canada
19th century vintage photograph - Caleches, horse drawn hackney carriages, Montreal, Canada, c.1880 s

Comic postcard, Little child at the seaside on a donkey Date: 20th century

Woman of a horse being led by a farmer, Japan, late 19th century

The booths on the Pont Neuf, Paris, 1844. Woman in fur-trim cape and fur muff over a green dress with boy in cap, shirt and trousers. Equestrian statue of King Henry IV

Brewing, steel ware and gloves, and a mineral waters spa in Regency England. Brewers stirring vats of beer mash in a Reading brewery 4, women buying gloves in Woodstock 5

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