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Side Saddle Collection

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: Cora Pearl, Courtesan

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

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: Duchess of Newcastle

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

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: Princess Elizabeth riding as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards

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

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: Lady riding side-saddle

Lady riding side-saddle. Date: 1903

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: Lady Riding Sidesaddle

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

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: Welsh woman in traditional costume on a donkey

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

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: Foxhunting lady in studio photo, Mid Wales

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

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: Wig Falls Off out Riding

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

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: Purple pitcher plant or side-saddle flower

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

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: Lady riding side-saddle on a donkey

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

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: Hooded pitcher plant, Sarracenia minor

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

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: Lady Godiva, Coventry

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

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: Lake Como, Italy

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

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: Driving two horses down a snowy lane

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

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: Lady riding sidesaddle on a horse

Lady riding sidesaddle on a horse

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: Woman seated sidesaddle on a horse attached to an ascending

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

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: The wooing of the Princess Royal

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

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: Messina, Italy - Woman in Sicilian Costume

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

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: Woman from Normandy riding a mule

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

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: Macedonia - Greek Women head to market

Macedonia - Greek Women head to market Date: circa 1913

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: Three people on horseback, Tregwynt, West Wales

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

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: Lady in riding attire

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

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: Horsewoman in a misty landscape

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

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: FRENCH AMAZON

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

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: Lady Rider / Jugend 1896

Lady Rider / Jugend 1896
Lady riding sidesaddle

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: Chaucer, Second Nun

Chaucer, Second Nun
The Second Nun rides sidesaddle

Background imageSide Saddle Collection: Torquay Promenade

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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