Horses and Riding

Victorian illustration showing a man and boy clearing bracken (?ferns) from a grassy field. They load the bracken on a sleigh pulled by two horses.

Victorian illustration to download showing a luxury London cab, the Curricle Tribus, patented by Mr Harvey in the 1840s.

Victorian illustration to download showing hare coursing. Riders wearing top hats and eager greyhounds wait for the hare to run.

Victorian illustration to download showing a steeplechase. Two riders clear a jump, but a third is tumbling off his horse as it falls.

Victorian illustration to download showing fashionable men and women riding in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, watched by passers-by.

Victorian illustration to download showing a group of well-dressed men and women watching and cheering from the top of their carriages as the racehorses gallop by on Derby Day.

Victorian illustration to download showing a troop of artillery soldiers on an army exercise. Horses draw a large cannon.

Victorian illustration to download showing an army artillery bugler sounding ‘boots and saddles’, the call for men to get themselves and their horses ready for parade or action.

Victorian illustration to download showing a large crowd at an agricultural show. Horses trot up and down, and a steam engine stands ready to run agricultural machinery.