Races Collection (#3)

Four Man Bobsleigh 1907
A four-man bobsleigh races by at Oberhof, Germany

Picnicking at Ascot
Fashionable racegoers are served by their menservants with lobster and champagne as they picnic behind the grandstand at Ascot Races

Comic postcard, woman at the races with bookie, placing a bet both ways Date: 20th century

Horse Race, 1817. Creator: Theodore Gericault
Horse Race, 1817. The present study depicts an animated winning horse, its flanks covered by a green and gold cloth tied with its girth

Before The Race, c1882. Creator: Edgar Degas
Before The Race, c1882.

Foot-Races at the annual festival of the Asylum for Idiots, Earlswood, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Foot-Races at the annual festival of the Asylum for Idiots, Earlswood, 1864. 'The annual festival provided by a kind and judicious management for the inmates of the Earlswood Asylum

The Spring Meeting at Yokohama: race of the Japanese officers...the start..., 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Spring Meeting at Yokohama: race of the Japanese officers - the start, 1865. 'Our Special Artist and Correspondent at Yokohama writes as follows

The Race for the Grand Prix de Paris, at Longchamps, on the 5th June, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Race for the Grand Prix de Paris, at Longchamps, on the 5th June, 1864. '...owing to the inferiority of the animals ultimately left on the card

Ascot Races: the Ascot Gold Cup, the Queen's Gold Vase, the Royal Hunt Cup, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Ascot Races: the Ascot Gold Cup, the Queen's Gold Vase, the Royal Hunt Cup, 1864. Trophies in horse racing. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

The National Rifle Association prize meeting at Wimbledon: the foot-races, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The National Rifle Association prize meeting at Wimbledon: the foot-races, 1865. View of '...the foot-races...which afforded so much diversion to many of the volunteers and of the ladies

Ascot Races: Scottish Chief, winner of the Ascot Cup, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Ascot Races: Scottish Chief, winner of the Ascot Cup, 1864. Champion racehorse. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

The Start for the Derby - from a photograph by Mr. Herbert Watkins, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Start for the Derby - from a photograph by Mr. Herbert Watkins, 1864. 'It is a singular Turf anomaly that the greatest race in the world should be run over perhaps the worst

"General Peel", the winner of the Two Thousand Guineas at the Newmarket Spring Meeting, 1864. 'Every fifth year, on an average, since its commencement

Types of the Chief Living Races of Mankind
3521955 Types of the Chief Living Races of Mankind; (add.info.: Types of the Chief Living Races of Mankind. Dated 19th Century); Universal History Archive/UIG

Map showing the expansion of the white races throughout the world
3521940 Map showing the expansion of the white races throughout the world; (add.info.: Map showing the expansion of the white races throughout the world)

Historical Geography
5315164 Historical Geography; (add.info.: Historical Geography. 1900. India. The Hindus of North Kashmir rank among the finest of Indian races)

A crowd returning from Epson Races, 1850
3330965 A crowd returning from Epson Races, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a crowd returning from Epson Race, being held up at the Toll Gate at Kennington)

Types of the Chief Living Races of Mankind, 19th century (engraving)
3522117 Types of the Chief Living Races of Mankind, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Types of the Chief Living Races of Mankind. Dated 19th Century); Universal History Archive/UIG

A crowd returning from Epson Races, 1850
3330760 A crowd returning from Epson Races, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a crowd returning from Epson Race, being held up at the Toll Gate at Kennington)

Paul Masson French cyclist, being congratulated by a compatriot on winning a cycle race at the first modern Olympiad
541536 Paul Masson French cyclist, being congratulated by a compatriot on winning a cycle race at the first modern Olympiad, Athens 1896 (print); (add.info.: Paul Masson (1874-1945) French cyclist

The races at Cairo: canter in front of the grand stand before the start, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The races at Cairo: canter in front of the grand stand before the start, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Frederick George

Kisber (Winner of the Derby); Enguerrande and Camelia (Runners of the Dead-Heat for the Oaks), 1876. Creator: Unknown
Kisber (Winner of the Derby); Enguerrande and Camelia (Runners of the Dead-Heat for the Oaks), 1876....the greatest racing prize of the year has fallen to a Hungarian

Comment savoir le nom de ce cavalier qui vient de tomber?... 1857. Creator: Cham
Comment savoir le nom de ce cavalier qui vient de tomber?..1857. Periodical: Le Charivari, Tuesday, 21 April 1857. How To Know The Name Of That Rider Who Just Fell?

Apology, the Winner of the Gold Cup at Ascot, 1876. Creator: John Sturgess
Apology, the Winner of the Gold Cup at Ascot, 1876. She was bred by that fine old sportsman the late Rev. John King, better known under his turf name of "Mr

Jockey au Galop, c1878. Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Jockey au Galop, c1878

The Horse Race, 1829. Creator: Josephus Jodocus Moerenhout
The Horse Race, 1829

The Ascot Race Plate: the Royal Hunt Cup - Death of the Boar, the Buck, and the Fox, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Ascot Race Plate: the Royal Hunt Cup - Death of the Boar, the Buck, and the Fox, 1856. The "Royal Hunt Cup" is a tazza-shaped bowl, supported on a stem

The Ascot Race Plate: the Gold Vase - the White Doe of Rilstone alluring Thomas the Rhymer into Fair Creator: Unknown
The Ascot Race Plate: the Gold Vase - the White Doe of Rilstone alluring Thomas the Rhymer into Fairyland, 1856. Trophy which...illustrates the legend which Sir Walter Scott has made popular

Epsom Races - "Mincepie", Winner of the Oaks, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Epsom Races - "Mincepie", Winner of the Oaks, 1856. Racehorse and rider. Mincepie is a chestnut filly, bred by the Earl of Howth, and is now the property of H. Hill, Esq

Epsom Races: The Winner, after the Race, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Epsom Races: The Winner, after the Race, 1856. Horses, owners and jockeys. Fly-by-Night was in considerable demand. At first 15 to 1 was booked about him to several hundred pounds

Epsom Races: "Going to the Derby", 1856. Creator: Unknown. Epsom Races: "Going to the Derby", 1856
Epsom Races: "Going to the Derby", 1856. Travelling to the famous horserace in Surrey. Notwithstanding the many inducements which the railway presents to visitors eager to reach the scene

Carnival Races at Rome, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Carnival Races at Rome, 1856. The horses are now at their starting posts, without riders...At the start a rope is placed across the street, the horses being led close up to it

Ce qu'on appelle les plasirs du turf, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Ce qu'on appelle les plasirs du turf, 19th century. The so-called pleasures of the turf

Courses nautiques de 1856, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Courses nautiques de 1856, 19th century. Nautical races of 1856

The Newmarket October Meeting -- Racing in Wind and Rain; rain on the Course, 1891. Creator: Unknown
The Newmarket October Meeting -- Racing in Wind and Rain; rain on the Course, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Derby Day, 1946, 1947. Creator: Unknown
Derby Day, 1946, 1947. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with daughter Princess Elizabeth (future Queen Elizabeth II) arriving at the Epsom races

Benning Races - August Belmont; Mrs. Donald Cameron; Sec. Meyer. 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Benning Races - August Belmont; Mrs. Donald Cameron; Secretary Meyer, 1912. [Racecourse, Washington, DC: businessman and financier August Belmont; Elizabeth Sherman, wife of James Donald Cameron

Benning Races - August Belmont And Mrs. Donald Cameron, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Benning Races - August Belmont And Mrs. Donald Cameron, 1912. [Benning Race Track in Washington, D.C. opened in 1890. Businessman and financier August Belmont; Elizabeth Sherman

Benning Races. Miss Helen Taft, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Benning Races. Miss Helen Taft, 1912
Benning Races. Miss Helen Taft, 1912. [Daughter of US president. Benning Race Track in Washington, D.C. opened in 1890]

Color-Types of the Races of Men, British Association scale (colour litho)
2800895 Color-Types of the Races of Men, British Association scale (colour litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Color-Types of the Races of Men)

Dame Edna Everage (aka Barry Humphries) trying on her new hat for Ascot. The hat has an Australian motif including the Sydney Opera House and a shark. 14th June 1976

Comparison of British & German skull shapes, WW1
Long-head versus short-head: Opposite types of humanity which are fighting for opposite ideals. A diagram to demonstrate the inherent differences in skull shapes between the British

French Race Horses. Creator: Carle Vernet
French Race Horses

Society at Ascot- The Cup Day, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Society at Ascot- The Cup Day, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 41. January to June, 1890

Sailors on Horseback- The Navy Cup at Gibraltar, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Sailors on Horseback- The Navy Cup at Gibraltar, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 41. January to June, 1890

The Humours of Horse Racing, Weighing and Rubbing Down, c1816 (1886). Creator: Unknown
The Humours of Horse Racing, Weighing and Rubbing Down, c1816 (1886). From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

The Humours of Horse Racing, The Start, c1816 (1886). Creator: Unknown
The Humours of Horse Racing, The Start, c1816 (1886). From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Esquisse pour la mairie de Saint-Ouen : L'hippodrome de Saint-Ouen. Creator: Paul Jean Gervais
Esquisse pour la mairie de Saint-Ouen : L'hippodrome de Saint-Ouen.. The races at Saint-Ouen - inspecting the horses before the race

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