Side Saddle Collection

Cora Pearl, Courtesan
CORA PEARL (1835 - 1886) born ELIZA EMMA CROUCH Victorian courtesan operating mostly in France; mistress of Prince Napoleon; seen here seated sidesaddle on toy horse Date: circa 1870

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

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

Lady riding side-saddle. Date: 1903

Welsh woman in traditional costume on a donkey
A young Welsh woman in traditional costume, riding a donkey sidesaddle. This was the usual form of transport at the time -- for example

Foxhunting lady in studio photo, Mid Wales
A foxhunting lady poses in full hunting gear in the photographers studio, Mid Wales. She sits sidesaddle on a table, rather than on her horse

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

Wig Falls Off out Riding
A lady riding sidesaddle discovers the drawbacks of wearing a wig when out riding

Purple pitcher plant or side-saddle flower, Sarracenia purpurea, Sarracenie pourpre. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alphonse-Leon Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre

Lady riding side-saddle on a donkey
A pretty young lady is transported in style on a donkey, sheletered from the midday sun by a parasol. Her boyfriend is less lucky, gallantly trotting along in her wake on foot

Hooded pitcher plant, Sarracenia minor (Side-saddle flower, Sarracenia adunca). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes

Lady Godiva, Coventry
Miss Frances P. Burchell in the role of Lady Godiva at the Coventry Hospital Pageant - 27th June 1936 1936

Lake Como, Italy. In an inset illustration, a young boy sitting sidesaddle on a donkey offers an orange from one of the panniers on the animal;s flanks, to the object of his affections

Driving two horses down a snowy lane
A farmer sits side-saddle as he rides/drives two working carthorses down a country lane in the middle of winter. Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Lady riding sidesaddle on a horse

Woman seated sidesaddle on a horse attached to an ascending balloon at a public performance before crowd of spectators. Date between 1880 and 1900

The wooing of the Princess Royal
Victoria(Vicky)(1840-1901), eldest daughter of Queen Victoria, is courted by Frederick William(1831-1888), Crown Prince of Prussia, later Emperor Frederick III

Messina, Italy - Woman in Sicilian Costume sitting sidesaddle on a donkey Date: 1908

Woman from Normandy riding a mule
Lady milkmaid from Normandy riding a mule, wearing wooden frame panniers. The caption translates (roughly!) as " Mr Photographer, I have twelve more animals to milk - please hurry up

Macedonia - Greek Women head to market Date: circa 1913

Three people on horseback, Tregwynt, West Wales
Three people, a man and two women, prepare for an outing on horseback at Tregwynt, near Granston and Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, West Wales. The women are riding sidesaddle

Lady in riding attire
Lady in finely cut riding garb, holding a short whip

Horsewoman in a misty landscape
A smartly dressed horsewoman riding sidesaddle poses for her photograph in a misty landscape

FRENCH AMAZON
A young Amazon woman, in full riding habit in the style of George Sand, sitting sidesaddle on a white horse

Lady Rider / Jugend 1896
Lady riding sidesaddle

Chaucer, Second Nun
The Second Nun rides sidesaddle

Torquay Promenade
Ladies and gentlemen in their finery promenade along the sea front at Torquay, Devon : some in carriages, some on horseback, others walking with their dogs

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