Sledding Collection

Suppose we found snow fairies there, by Minnie Asprey. circa 1918

It Takes A Woman
A wartime children's short story illustration of a man and woman taking their children out sledding in the countryside. Date: circa 1940s

Plan and elevation for a Park Lodge and Entrance Floorplan shows kitchen and living room and separate poultry shed. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts

Children sledding and skating on ice (traineaux), early 19th century. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse), Librairie Hachette, Paris, 1903

Ice skating and sledding on a glacier near Gentilly, 18th century. Handcoloured lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse), Librairie Hachette, Paris

Boys sliding on ice (glissoire) and sledding on ice (traisneau), after an engraving by Claudine Bouzonnet Stella, 17th century

Two girls riding on a sled on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Elf on a sled on a Dutch New Year postcard. Date: circa 1910s

German print - Four Seasons - Winter
German print - Four Seasons, children in a winter scene, with a snowman and sleds. 19th century

Townsfolk at Christmas Date: 1929

Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters, c. 1608, by Hendrick Aver
Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634). Dutch painter. Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters, c. 1608. Rijskmuseum. Amsterdam. Netherlands

Children on a frozen pond on a Christmas card
Three children sledding on a frozen pond on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Margaret Thatcher on dry ski run at Festival Gardens, 1963
Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister but at the time of this photograph, M.P. for Finchley and Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Ministry of Pensions

The Four Seasons, Winter, by John Hassall
Children having lots of fun sledging down hill in the snow. 1902

Children skating and sledding on a New Year card
Children having fun skating and sledding on a New Year card, with a sentimental verse. Date: circa 1870s

Advertisement for Star toboggans, showing people sledding at night. Date c1887

Four young girls tobogganing
" Happy New Year!" Four young girls tobogganing down a snow covered hill. France. 1912

Foreign children sledding. Japanese print shows children sledding down a grassy slope. Date 1860

Silhouette of a sledding scene on a snowy hillside. One couple slide down the slope, watched by another couple wondering whether to copy them. Both men are in army uniform

Granpop rides the Cresta by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration featuring Granpop, the orang utan character created by Lawson Wood hurtling down a piste head-first on a toboggan, much to the bemusement of a small monkey and bear. Date: 1935

Skating by John Hassall
A group of boys enjoy some rough and tumble while sledging and skating in the snow

Make up Moment in the Snow
All ready for a days winter sport, a woman applies the last completing touch of lipstick. Her equipment includes white knitted cap and sweater, red Grenfell ski jacket

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