Historic Equestrian Sports

Black-and-white illustrations showcasing various equestrian events from the 19th century, including steeplechases, polo, and lawn tennis.

The steeplechase, vintage engraving. The steeplechase, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal The steeplechase, vintage engraving. The steeplechase, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. LicenseRF 10657160 Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657160 Copyright: xIMAGO/Zoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 1042864421st

THE WINDSOR STEEPLECHASE, 1869

SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN: ATHLETIC MEETING AT HURNAI, MURREE HILLS, 1881

Holiday in CampSoldiers Playing Foot-Ball Published 1865 United States. Wood engraving on paper . Winslow Homer

EPISODES IN THE CAREER OF A POLO PONY, 1886

England. Birmingham. 19th century. Lawn tennis. Engraving by Rico, "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", 1880.

TOURNAMENT AT ROME IN HONOUR OF THE DUKE OF GENOA AND HIS BRIDE, THE PRINCESS ISABELLA OF BAVARIA, ITALY, 1883

Great Prize Fight between Morrisey and the Benicia Boy (John Heenan) Long Point, Canada West - The Commencement of Fight 1858

The steeplechase, vintage engraving. The steeplechase, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal The steeplechase, vintage engraving. The steeplechase, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. LicenseRF 10657160 Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657160 Copyright: xIMAGO/Zoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 1042864421st

Oxford and Cambridge athletic sports at West Brompton in London: the one-mile race, 1869. 'At the sixth annual meeting of members of the two Universities for the competition of athletic exercises, on Thursday week, in the new ground of the Amateur Athletic Society, the One-Mile Race was run by Messrs. E. Royds and H. P. Gurney, for Cambridge; and by Messrs. R. Y. Somers-Smith, J. W. Laing, and S. G. Scott, for Oxford...Both were level at the last turn for home; but Royds lasted best, got in front at the hundred-yards starting-post, and won a fine race by three yards, amid the cheers of the C

Pepe Iillo cutting the bull /pepe ilo Jumps Assert from the bull; Board No. 29 from: Bullfighting Bulfighting, ed. III, Goya, Francisco de (1746 1828)

Bullfights: The Forceful Rendon Stabs a Bull with the Pique, From Which Pass he died in the Ring at Madrid, 1816, printed 1876. Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828). Engraving;

Unknown, Oatman's Fifth Avenue Skating RingFirst Lesson in Skating, 1867, wood engraving on paper.

Skating on the Ladies' Skating Pond in the Central Park, New York Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910).. Wood engraving American Art

The match between the sophs and the freshman The opening , Sports, Contests, Students, Benjamin and Jane Thompson Collection of Bostoniana

Illustration depicting a game of Rugby. Dated 19th century

Ready for the trot: "bring up your horse!" Horse racing 1877

Sports games for the youth, Virginia, United States of America, engraving by Vernier from Etats-Unis d'Amerique, by Roux de Rochelle, L'Univers Pittoresque, published by Firmin Didot Freres, Paris, 1837.

The Champions of Ball Racket On the Diamond Field.”. Publisher: Currier & Ives, American, active 1834-1907

Rural Sports, A Milling Match September 29, 1811 Thomas Rowlandson A boxing match takes place here on a 25 foot stage, before a crowd estimated at 15,000. The English champion Thomas Cribb, with cuts on the face, strikes Tom Molineux who falls backwards. This second contest between the fighters took place at Thisselton Gap, Rutland on September 28, 1811. Molineaux was an African-American, said to have been enslaved in Virginia. He had crossed the Atlantic in 1809 and had fought Cribb previously at Sheninghton Hollow, Oxfordshire on December 3, 1810, going down to defeat in 35 rounds in a disputed decision. At this rematch, Cribb's second was John Gully and his bottle-holder Joe Ward while Molineaux's second was Bill Richmond (also American-American by birth and once enslaved), and his bottleman Bill Gibbons. In a match that lasted 19 minutes, Cribb broke his opponent's jaw in the 9th round, and knocked him out in the 11th. Milling was a common slang term at this period for bare-knuckle

MEN'S CLUB IN CONNECTION WITH HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, SHOREDITCH, LONDON, UK, 1889: A BOXING MATCH.

Thomas Rowlandson, Rural Sports Smock Racing, published 1811 Rural Sports. Smock Racing

Illustrations depicting Cambridge University Golf Club playing for the Linskill Cup. Dated 19th century

Cartoon depicting a ladies' tennis match. Illustrated by George du Maurier (1834-1896) a Franco-British cartoonist and author. Dated 19th century

Canoe Race Between Indian Women

The palm game in Franeker, Friesland, The Netherlands, Europe. Friesland, Dutch newspaper De Aarde en Haar volken, 1883. Le Tour du Monde 1886

Children's games in 16th century: In foreground boys are playing a form of skittles, on right shuttlecock, left background playing at ball with strung rackets. Woodcut.

Bring Up Your Horses 1886 Currier & Ives (Active 1857-1907 American) Color Lithograph Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

James Pollard, 1792-1867, British, Racing set of four: 3. Training Ground at Newmarket. Aquatint.

Racing, horse, jockey, race, thoroughbred, derby, equestrian, racehorse, hippodrome, run, gallop, riding, track

Epsom Spring Meeting - Great Metropolitan Steeple-Chase: the Jump at the Brook, 1850. Horseracing on Epsom Common in Surrey. 'The ground, from...the nature of the soil and the effect of the weather, was extremely heavy and distressing to the horses, especially in the lower portion, where it was all but impossible for them to make a trot of it...A fine race home then ensued, which ended in favour of Fugitive by half a length; Maria Day second, Rachel thiid, the rest nowhere...'. Mr Stafford's Fugitive was ridden by H. Bradley. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

Circus Champs-Elysées / Equestrian Quadrille

A fast start to the St Leger race. Date: 1836

Cricket in 1743 (1912). Artist: Unknown

Illustration depicting a friendly game of badminton between two young boys. Dated 19th century

The Skating Season---1862 Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). , 1862. Wood engraving, Image: 9 1/8 x 13 3/4 in. (23.2 x 34.9 cm). American Art 1862

Edward Sackville (1591-1652), 4th Duke of Dorset, playing cricket, 18th century (1912). Artist: Unknown

THE EXPERIENCES OF AN AMATEUR DIVER

A knock down , Boxing, Boxers Sports, Sports spectators, Jeffries, James J., 1875-1953, Johnson, Jack, 1878-1946. George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings

Children skating on the frozen lake, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Men on boats pull a net from the water. They steer the boats with poles. The image depicts a scene of men working on the water, showcasing attire and techniques associated with rural life in Great Britain., 1819 |, London | Publisher, M.A. Nattali |, 28 x 18 cm

Tilting game, 14th century. Two men wrestling for possession of a pole, and the winner with pole. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876.

Studies of a skating man.

SMALL SPORT IN INDIA

"VICTORY": LADIES TILTING AT THE RING IN TENERIFE, 1897: Tilting at the ring is a favourite amusement with ladies and gentlemen visiting the Canary Islands. At most of the hotels there are courses laid out for tournaments, decorated with flags and foliage, where races and sports of all kinds are indulged in. For tilting, broad silk ribbons or banners on rollers are fixed on a crossbar. At one end of the banner is a ring which hangs below the roll of silk. The tilter has to gallop under the cross

Evening Scene at the Skating Park Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). , 1859. Wood engraving, image: 9 1/2 x 5 in. (24.1 x 12.7 cm);. American Art 1859

Illustration depicting men playing cricket at Kent. Dated 19th century

An engraving depicting people skating on top of a frozen lake. Dated 19th century

August 1844: Grand Cricket Match at Brighton between Sussex and Marylebone Cricket Club. Black and White Illustration from the London Illustrated News; 24th August 1844.

Illustration depicting young men playing baseball. Dated 19th century

TOURNAMENT AT ROME IN HONOUR OF THE DUKE OF GENOA AND HIS BRIDE, THE PRINCESS ISABELLA OF BAVARIA, ITALY, 1883: 1. H.R.H. Victor Emmanuel, Prince of Naples, Crown Prince of Italy. 2. Spitting the Heads. 3. The Heralds.

Illustration depicting a primitive form of clay pigeon shooting. Dated 19th century

Illustration depicting a game of mixed doubles lawn tennis. Dated 19th century

Fishing for salmon fly, Handling cane in large fly, vintage engraving. Fishing for salmon fly, Handling cane in large fly, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1867. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678405

A Good Send Off ... Go! .

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, The Jockey, 1899, lithograph printed in black, green, red, brown, beige, and blue on cream wove paper.

Illustration depicting a racehorse in training at Newmarket. Dated 19th century

Hard trotting in the forest of Alkmaar; Hard trotting in the Bosch van Alkmaar .. Amidst Rijen trees is a racecourse with two riders on horseback. One of them, just came across the finish, has taken off his cap and swings in the air. Left and right of the job are spectators. On the right a tent with ladies from the well-known bourgeois. A man is at the top of the stairs with the cup for the winner in his hands.

Game on the tense cord, 1870 - 1899 print. gameboard Board game with a large performance of a group of cord dancers walking over a cord above a river. The rules in book print in the sub -margin. Netherlands paper letterpress printing ropery, rope-walk. equilibrist. board-games of chance. board-games

ATHLETICS V. AESTHETICS. 1883

Engraving showing a 'penny farthing' bicycle race held at Lillie Bridge bicycle track, September 1875. Lillie Bridge track was a quarter mile circuit with a cinder surface, that could reportedly hold up to 20,000 spectators. Date: 1875

A pair of Indian wrestlers wrestle. Date: ancient

Series of engravings showing seven of the events held during the Military Tournament and Assault of Arms, Agricultural Hall, Islington, June 1880. The images depict (clockwise from top right): Bayonet vs. Sword; Sponging off the Scars of Dishonour; Tilting at the Ring; Annihilating the Turkish Forces; Tent-Pegging; Slicing the Lemons; Sword vs. Sword, mounted; The Science of the Foil. Date: 3 July 1880

SHAM-FIGHT ON SNOW-SHOES NEAR QUEBEC, CANADA

Illustration depicting people skating on a frozen lake. Dated 19th century

The Games of Yvonne, 1894 - 1959 print Leaf with 8 performances of children's games, such as rocking, blind man and jumping rope. A caption under each image. Numbered at the top right: no 178. Shutter paper letterpress printing children's games and plays. swinging (children's game). jumping-rope games. blind-man's buff. tennis, lawn-tennis

The high mettled jockies, or the best at three heats for the breeches. British Cartoon Prints Collection . Women,England,1790-1800. , Horse racing,England,1790-1800. , Jockeys,England,1790-1800.

THE DERBY DAY

Woodcut print depicting fencing practice. Dated 16th century

SKATING AT OXFORD, 1870

"Soop her up!" Two Scottish curlers brush vigourously to melt the top of the ice, and allow the curling stone to slide correctly. Date: 1885

Soho, Life of a Sportsman

Lawn tennis in India at a hill station club. Date: 1895

Race.. Prints. 1817-02-01 - 1818-02-02. George Arents Collection. Sports in art, Sports , Great Britain

'Winter'--A skating scene , Ice skating, Skaters

Celebratory Leap at First Base, Baseball

A series of sketches by an English Cavalry Officer of a game of cricket played between an Indian College and British Officers, in India, 1890. The correspondent who sent in the account of this match wished to remain anonymous and gave little in the way of details about the match. Indeed the Indian College was given the pseudonym 'The Progress College of Arts and Sciences' and the location was not disclosed. The Illustrated London News editor who wrote the original caption said there w

Two wrestlers, cantonal gymnastics festival, June 13-14, 1851, Saint-Imier, Switzerland, illustration by Henri Valentin from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 435, Volume XVII, June 26 -July 3, 1851.

Goal; 20th century (1901-00-00-2000-00-00);Contemporary painting, football, genre scenes

GROUSE SHOOTING IN AUGUST. shotgun, hunting, wild, hunter, wildlife, bird, grouse hunting, gamebird, hunt, hunting dog, dog, landscape, shoot

Villagers practising archery with long bows and a target on a Sunday. After a painting of the Dutch school, 17th century. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagne's Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d'Adresse), Librairie Hachette, Paris, 1903.

'Winter'--A skating scene , Ice skating, Skaters

Punch cartoon ' courting a lady using a 'Penny Farthing' Bicycle as the man gallops by on a horse. 1876

Spanish bullfighter putting sticks banderillas, Comunidad Valenciana. Journey to Spain, 1862 by Jean Charles Davillier (1823-1883) Drawing by Gustave Dore (1832-1883) Le Tour du Monde 1862

Sprung mit Schneeschuhen, Ski, Norwegen, 1885, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Tennis on A Grassy Court According to the Image of Stanisław Rejchan. Cleastle from Tygodnik Ilustrowany 1898 (2) 686 Bong, Richard (1853 1935), Rejchan, Stanis Aw Józef (1858 1919)

For The First World Championship...Champion Fight Between Heenan (l.) and Sayers (rt.) -- From a Sketch by our own Artist, Thos. Nast, Esq., Engraved by A. V. S. Anthony, Esq., on board the Vanderbilt, on her return passage." The engraver as indicated, did a rush job aboard the ship, to put over Nast's and the Illustrated News' SCOOP on the flight. Fight ended in a draw. Bout was held out-of-doors in isolated spot, to fool the police. June 22, 1940. (Photo by Schoenfeld Collection of Camera Features).

Thure Thulstrup, The Winning Run"How is it, Umpire", 1885, wood engraving on paper.

Engraving depicting men playing rugby. The Rugby Union rules mean that defenders try to prevent the opposition making a try. Dated 19th century

Horseman Jumps the Fence to Follow the Hounds, Dogs

On Ice, 1892 - 1905 print Leaf with 6 performances of adults and children in the snow and on the ice. Between the images verses in book print. Numbered at the top right and bottom left: No. 21. The Hague paper printing block / letterpress printing playing with snow and ice. skates (winter sports)

Edman! Which ball would you like to have made ". Billiards scene. Nordic

Longchamp races. - Thurio returning to weighing, after winning the Grand Prix of Paris.

Rugby Flip, Rugby

A Game of Bowls, John Collet, ca. 1725-1780, British, undated, Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, blued white, laid paper, Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 1/4 inches (20.6 × 26 cm), bowls, buildings, field, game, gate, landscape, men, sporting art, trees, wall

Steeplechasing: The Field Jumping in and Out of a Lane, Henry Thomas Alken, 1785-1851, British, undated, Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, smooth, blued white, wove paper, Sheet: 10 1/2 × 14 5/8 inches (26.7 × 37.1 cm), fences, field, flags, galloping, hill, horse racing, horseback riders, horseback riding, horses (animals), jockeys, jumping, landscape, lane (road), men, race (event), road, spectators, sporting art

Picador fall, Anonymous, 1880 - 1910 print This photo is part of an album. paper bull-fighter, toreador

Scenes from a steeplechase: Near the Finish. Date/Period: Ca. 1845. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 254 mm (10 in); Width: 356 mm (14.01 in). Author: Henry Thomas Alken.

A lithograph depicting a fly ball in baseball, created approximately between 1900 and 1919

Cartoon depicting young men playing football during the final of the 1898 Association Football Cup at Crystal Palace, London. Dated 19th century

'Race for the Great St Leger Stakes, 1836'.Artist: Harris

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