Taming Collection

Alexander & Bucephalus
ALEXANDER THE GREAT Young Alexander impresses his father, Philip of Macedon and his courtiers by taming the wild horse Bucephalos

Circus scene. Illustration by G鲡rd Laplau (1938-2009)
Circus scene. Illustration by G鲡 rd Laplau (1938-2009). Naive art. Painting

Saint Francis and the Wolf of Gubbio
Saint Francis of Assisi befriends the Wolf of Gubbio, who has been terrorising and killing the townspeople, and obtains a promise that it will do no more harm. Date: circa 1205

Taming horse. Roman painting. Domus. 4th C. Merida (Augusta
Taming horse. Roman painting. Domus. 4th C. From Merida(Augusta Emerita). National Museum of Roman art. Merida. Spain

Lily Brayton as Katharina in The Taming of the Shrew
Lily Brayton as Katharina in Shakespeares comedy, The Taming of the Shrew at the Kings Theatre, Hammersmith, West London, with Oscar Asche. The couple were also performing in Othello. 1900s

Performing polar bears 1903
Herr Litz with his performing polar bears. Date: 1903

Performing cats 1903
Herr Litz with his performing cats. Date: 1903

Herr Sawade, with two tigers, part of his troupe of performing lions, tigers and bears, appearing at the London Hippodrome in 1901. 1901

Harold Davidson, former rector of Stiffkey, Norfolk
Harold Davidson (1875-1937), defrocked former rector of Stiffkey, Norfolk, seen here lion taming at Skegness in July 1937. Unfortunately, this kind of activity led to his being attacked and killed

Cowboys tying an outlaw horse, 101 Ranch, Oklahoma, USA. Date: 1908

Taming the Charleston
Mr E. Scott-Atkinson, professional tango champion, and Miss Dorothy Cole, the worlds tango champion demonstrate the old way to dance the Charleston - with legs and feet kicking outwards (bottom row)

Illustration, Christopher Sly, The Taming of the Shrew. 19th century

TAMING OF THE SHREW / SLY
Act I Scene I Christopher Sly and the hostess

Mr & Mrs Benson and Company, Theatre Royal, Halifax
Mr & Mrs Benson and their Company, at the Theatre Royal, Halifax, with a programme of Shakespeare plays (The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet)

Zarmah - The King of Wild Animal Trainers Date: 1907

Branwen, Daughter of Llyr, the subject of a legend from medieval Welsh literature, the Mabinogi. Branwen is married off to a cruel Irish king; she tames a starling

WW1 - German Propaganda - Taming the Allied animals
WW1 - German Propaganda - A German soldier Tames the Allied animals. Date: circa 1910s

Dickie Chipperfield, lion tamer, with four lionesses
Dickie (Richard) Chipperfield of Chipperfields Circus, a 17-year-old lion tamer, with four lionesses in a cage. Date: circa 1964

Cartoon, The Censor at Work, WW1
Cartoon, The Censor at Work as he is seen by the Press, with a quotation from The Taming of the Shrew: Heres snip, and nip, and cut, and slish, and slash, Like to a censer in a barbers shop

Sir Laurence Olivier aged 15 playing Kate in Taming of Shrew
Sir Laurence Olivier in his first leading Shakespearian role - Katharine in Taming of the Shrew at All Saints Choir School, Margaret Street, London and Stratford-on-Avon in April 1922

Dickie Chipperfield, lion tamer, with lioness
Dickie (Richard) Chipperfield of Chipperfields Circus, a 17-year-old lion tamer, with a lioness in a cage. Date: circa 1964

Woman with alligator, Chipperfields Circus
Woman with an alligator in a cage, a Chipperfields Circus act. Date: circa 1964

Lieutenant Rimington - breaker & teacher of Army horses, WW1
Lt. Mike Rimington, late of the 37th Lancers, seen breaking unruly and vicious horses for the British Army at the Underdale Hall Remount Department near Shrewsbury in 1916

Christopher Sly by Giovacchino Forzano (19 November 1884 28 October 1970) translated by H. B. Cotterill and starring Matheson Lang (May 15, 1879 April 11, 1948)

Shakespeare - The Taming of the Shrew - Hostess (to Sly): You will not pay for the glasses you have burst? circa 1830

Scene from Taming of the Shrew
Scene from Taming the Shrew at the Haymarket theatre, directed by Benjamin Webster. Date: 1844

The Taming of the Shrew - title page - Petruchio and his servant Grumio. 1862

Lily Brayton as the Shrew
Lily Brayton (1876 30 April 1953), English actress and singer, as Katherina confronts the camera with a suitably shrewish expression. Date: 1905

Phyllis Thomas & Ralph Richardson as Katherine & Petruchio Date: Twentieth century

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
Promotional postcard for The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. Starring Oscar Asche as Petruchio, and his wife, Lily Brayton, as Katherine in a production at the Adelphi Theatre

A French wolf charmer
The Wolf-Charmer -- le meneur de loups -- a folklore figure of rural France who is able to tame and control a pack of wolves. Date: 19th century

Breaking light draught horses at Army Remount Depot, WW1
The First Time in Harness - breaking in light draught horses at an Army Remount Depot during the First World War. Date: 1915

Grooming a mule, WW1
Three soldiers struggling to groom an unruly mule in his stall with one of them grumbling, " Nah tehn, Undred Legs!" Date: 1916

Monday morning exercise, Army Remount Depot, WW1
Unruly mules proving hard to control during a Monday morning exercise at an Army Remount Depot with mounted N.C.Os rounding them up. Date: 1916

Halting a mule, WW1
A soldier has difficult trying to bring an unruly mule to a halt at an Army Remount Depot, as a mule has no " mouth" in the same way a horse responds to a bridle). Date: 1916

Trying to shoe a mule, WW1
Men at an Army Remount Department attempt, with difficulty, an unmanageable mule during the First World War. Date: 1916

Taming Vicious War Mules, WW1
Mr Fred Ginnett, a horse trainer, breaking in refractory mules for the Army, assisted by several Mexican boys who are expert with lasso. Date: 1915

Joseph Chamberlain as a Lion Tamer, taming his various opponents and enemies, named as the Radicals, the opposition Press and the Boer African Lion (bearing a suspicious likeness to Paul Kruger)

NORWAY. FINNMARK. Alta Petroglyphs. Rock n. 3
NORWAY. FINNMARK. Alta Petroglyphs. Rock n.3. Scene of taming reindeers. Neolithic art. Cave

NORWAY. FINNMARK. Alta Petroglyphs. Scene of reindeer taming. Conducting the cattle. Neolithic art. Cave

Tameing i. e. taming a shrew. Or Petruchios patent family be
Tameing i.e. taming a shrew. Or Petruchios patent family bedstead, gags & thumscrews. Cartoon showing woman restrained in a bed fashioned like a pillory

Montage depicting various Australian sports with animals, including horses, kangaroos and emu. circa 1883

Breaking in ponies for the Scott Polar Expedition
Breaking in one of the twenty Siberian ponies to be taken on board the Terra Nova as part of the Captain Scott Polar expedition of 1911 - 12

Petruchio & Katharina
Act IV, Scene I Petruchio finds fault with everything the servants provide Date: 1911

Young boy lion tamer & lion
A young lion tamer in the circus with an obedient lion, sitting atop a decorated podium in the big top tent. Ink drawing with watercolour washes by Malcolm Greensmith

Shakespeare illustrated title page
An illustrated title page, showing vignette scenes from the Comedies, with Shakespeare himself above and below in youth and old age

Ralph Richardson / Shrew
RALPH RICHARDSON English actor with Phyllis Thomas in The Taming of the Shrew (Vic Wells)

Taming of the Shrew
Edward H. Sothern as Petruchio

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