Skate Collection

Frost Fair on the Thames by Pauline Baynes
Illustration painted for Holly Leaves by Pauline Baynes showing Londoners in 1683-4 enjoying the delights of the Frost Fair on the frozen River Thames

Perfect Wife: No. X. By Joyce Dennys
A illustration of a wife struggling through the cold to watch her husband ice-skating. The Sketch - 29th January 1930. By Joyce Dennys

Four frogs ice skating on a Christmas card
Four frogs ice skating hand in hand on a Christmas card, with comic verse below. circa 1890s

The Fishmongers Shop

Pair Ice-Skating 1914
A smart couple skate together on the ice. Date: 1914

1908 Olympic Ice Skaters
A montage of competitors who took part in the figure skating events at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. The event was held at the Princes Skating Club in Knightsbridge

Skating Dachshunds
A lady and gentleman dachshund skate gracefully together. Other dachshunds also enjoy ice skating. Date: 1910

All went well till the wheels came off. Cartoon strip from the Bonzo Annual, 1935 Date: 1935

Winter painted by Pauline Baynes
A boy and girl in the Victorian era pictured skating on a frozen pond. In the background is a fine slope for sledging and a dog cart, a popular form of conveyance

Skate, stingray and thornback ray
Skate, Dipturus batis 8, 9, stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca 10, and thornback ray, Raja clavata 11. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish

European sea sturgeon and skate
European sea sturgeon, Acipenser sturio, critically endangered, and skate, Dipturus batis (Raia gaimardi). Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys

Yuletide Sports Abroad- Society at St Moritz and Murren
A variety of snowy scenes at St Moritz and Murren in Switzerland, including skating and ice hockey

Mother and daughter skating on a Christmas card
Mother and daughter skating, on a Christmas card design by Kate Greenaway. Date: circa 1880s

Children Ice Skating by Jessie Willcox Smith Date: 1929

Ice Skating In Lincolnshire
A photograph of a mother and father helping their child to ice skate, with other figures standing in the background, the area is situated in Lincolnshire

Sporting fashion outfits
Edwardian German Women wearing sporting fashion. Sailing, skating and ice spinning outfits are seen. Date: 1912

A Jolly Trio of Swiss Ice Skaters enjoying a spin on the rink. Date: 1908

Comic postcard, Dissatisfied customer in fish shop Date: 20th century

Via del Corso, Rome, Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph: Via del Corso, Rome, Italy, c.1890 s

Genova, Genoa, Italy, Piazza Corvetto
Vintage 19th century photograph: Genova, Genoa, Italy, Piazza Corvetto, image c.1890 s

Piazzetta, Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, Venezia, Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph: Piazzetta, Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, Venezia, Italy

Queer fish, 1943. Wartime recipes using fish such as ling, rock salmon, skate and dogfish. 1943

Victorian Greeting Card - Penguins Skating
Five penguins skating on a pond. Date: circa 1890

White skate (endangered) and devil ray
White skate, Rostroraja alba (endangered) 1, 2, and devil ray, Mobula mobular 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by V. Plee Jr

Thornback ray, Raja clavata (near threatened). Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857

Common torpedo, Raja torpedo
Common torpedo or eyed electric ray, Raja torpedo. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J

Thornback skate, Raja clavata. Near threatened. Rough ray, Raja rubus. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C

Thorny skate, Amblyraja radiata. Vulnerable
Thorny skate, Amblyraja radiata (Starry ray, Raja radiata). Vulnerable. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C

Brown skate or mirror ray, Raja miraletus. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J

Skates and rays
Skate, Dipturus batis 1, 2, long-nosed skate, Dipturus oxyrinchus 3, 4, eagle ray, Myliobatis aquila 5, stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca 6, thornback ray, Raja clavata 7, 8

Bottlenose skate and electric rays
Endangered bottlenose skate, Rostroraja alba, dorsal 1, ventral 2, eyed electric ray, Torpedo torpedo 3, and marbled electric ray, Torpedo marmorata 4

Beginners aid to skating, Wimbledon, London. 1900

Advert for Lillywhites skating items 1930
Advertisement for skating items, available at Lillywhites, Piccadilly Circus, London. Date: 1930

Children skating and feeding birds on a sepia New Year card with verse. Date: circa 1900s

Couple roller skating in a studio portrait, with verse. Date: early 20th century

Birthday postcard, puppy and toys in an airship, with verse below. Date: early 20th century

Ice skating at St. Jamess Park, London 1844
Victorian man and women enjoying skating on St. Jamess Park lake. 1844

Santa Claus skating on a Christmas postcard
Santa Claus with presents, skating on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1900s

People skating and sleighing on a Christmas card. circa 1890s

Cot header design, Elephant and Rabbit Skating

Advert for Thornhills Niagara ice-skates 1895
Late Victorian ice-skates in a compact case in dark solid leather. 1895

CHILDREN SKATING
Three children skate, dressed in old-fashioned costume Date: circa 1905

Two fashionable girls skate picturesquely down the street. Date: 1910

Central Park Date: 1856

Hansel and Gretel Date: 1923

Woman Ice Skater Date: 1900

The Marble Skating Rink, Clapham 1876
The new Marble Skating Rink in Clapham Road, London, near Kennington Gate. Consisting of inner covered and outer rinks and a raised balcony with wicker chairs spectators

Skating 1865
Wintery scene, with adults skating on a frozen lake. Date: 1865

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