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"From Dry Stone Walling to Shoeing: A Journey Through Donkey History" Step into the world of donkeys

Background imageDonkey Collection: Donkey - Poitou breed France

Donkey - Poitou breed France
JPF-4455 Donkey - Poitou breed France Jean Paul Ferrero Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageDonkey Collection: Donkey - foal standing on meadow Hessen, Germany

Donkey - foal standing on meadow Hessen, Germany
USH-2642 Donkey - foal standing on meadow Hessen, Germany Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageDonkey Collection: Rifle fete at Ecclesbourne, near Hastings, 1860. Creator: W Thomas

Rifle fete at Ecclesbourne, near Hastings, 1860. Creator: W Thomas
Rifle fete at Ecclesbourne, near Hastings, 1860. The contest was chiefly among the members of the Cinque Ports Corps...The first prize was a Lancaster rifle, value ten guineas, which was won by Mr

Background imageDonkey Collection: Immovable - 2 young boys fail to get a beach donkey to move

Immovable - 2 young boys fail to get a beach donkey to move
Immovable - two young boys fail to get a beach donkey to move! As stubborn as a mule... Date: 1907

Background imageDonkey Collection: Down-Along, Clovelly, Devon

Down-Along, Clovelly, Devon - Painted by William Carruthers Affleck for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageDonkey Collection: People on donkey cart, Sicily, Italy

People on donkey cart, Sicily, Italy
People on a decorated donkey cart, Sicily, Italy. Date: late 19th century

Background imageDonkey Collection: Basque woman riding a donkey

Basque woman riding a donkey
Basque peasant woman (from the far south of France) riding sidesaddle on a donkey. She carries an absolutely superb wicker basket. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageDonkey Collection: Queen Victoria at Edward Cazalets Villa - South of France

Queen Victoria at Edward Cazalets Villa - South of France in 1885. In 1882, Queen Victoria began her winter affair with the Cote dAzur, she would arrive bearing extensive food and drink supplies

Background imageDonkey Collection: An Irish Donkey and Cart Bringing Home the Spuds

An Irish Donkey and Cart Bringing Home the Spuds - a boy is on a donkey and cart, laden with spuds, on a desolate road. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Background imageDonkey Collection: Market Strand and Market Street, Falmouth, Cornwall. Around 1894

Market Strand and Market Street, Falmouth, Cornwall. Around 1894
Market Strand and the beginning of Market Street with No. 1, Truscotts the butchers, in the middle distance facing the camera. Taken in about 1894 from a series " Towns through Cornwall - no

Background imageDonkey Collection: WW1 - German anti-British propaganda postcard

WW1 - German anti-British propaganda postcard - Caught and Trapped - a duplicitous British Army Officer is captured by the forces of the Central Powers trying to smuggle a machine gun to his men

Background imageDonkey Collection: Afghan nomad family in front of one of two Buddhas of Bamiyan, 1950, Painting

Afghan nomad family in front of one of two Buddhas of Bamiyan, 1950, Painting
Afghanistan, 20th century. Afghan nomad family in front of one of the two Buddhas of Bamiyan, 1950. Painting. Both statues were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001

Background imageDonkey Collection: A Good Samaritan - Indian Soldier - WWI

A Good Samaritan - Indian Soldier - WWI
A Good Samaritan - Colonial Indian Soldier from Delhi aids a wounded French trooper - WWI. He leads him to the safety of the Allied lines on the back of a Donkey Date: circa 1917

Background imageDonkey Collection: View of Mount Carmel, Israel

View of Mount Carmel, Israel. Date: early 20th century

Background imageDonkey Collection: PBIB2A-00041

PBIB2A-00041
Arrival of shepherds to see the baby Jesus in the stable. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageDonkey Collection: Jesus on a Donkey (Col)

Jesus on a Donkey (Col)
He rides into Jerusalem on a donkey, as prophesied : his followers carry palm leaves, hence the day will be commemorated as Palm Sunday

Background imageDonkey Collection: St Marys, Scilly Isles

St Marys, Scilly Isles
Artist: Edwards, Edwin - Title: St Mary s, Scilly Isles - Date: N/A - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 66 x 144.8

Background imageDonkey Collection: Buridans Ass / Arab Myth

Buridans Ass / Arab Myth
Buridans Ass

Background imageDonkey Collection: Nativity - Seeking Room

Nativity - Seeking Room
Joseph and Mary look for somewhere to stay in Bethlehem, and find that all the hotels are full

Background imageDonkey Collection: Jesus entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday

Jesus entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday
Jesus entering Jerusalem on the back of a donkey on Palm Sunday

Background imageDonkey Collection: Pearly King, Pearly Queen and daughter, North London

Pearly King, Pearly Queen and daughter, North London
Pearly King, Pearly Queen and daughter, riding in a cart drawn by a mule, North London. Date: 1922

Background imageDonkey Collection: Yukon-Klondike Gold Rush, Dawson City, 1898 (b / w photo)

Yukon-Klondike Gold Rush, Dawson City, 1898 (b / w photo)
PNP340145 Yukon-Klondike Gold Rush, Dawson City, 1898 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: ghost town; ); Peter Newark American Pictures; American

Background imageDonkey Collection: An Irish Donkey

An Irish Donkey, Republic of Ireland

Background imageDonkey Collection: Donkey And Old Tractor

Donkey And Old Tractor

Background imageDonkey Collection: Des Res with Donkey Parking 2. Middlesbrough 1970s

Des Res with Donkey Parking 2. Middlesbrough 1970s Date: 1970s

Background imageDonkey Collection: Thistle flower fairy, Carduus nutans

Thistle flower fairy, Carduus nutans.. Handcolored steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from Les Fleurs Animees, Flower Fairies, Paris

Background imageDonkey Collection: The Bath Houses - Barranco, Peru

The Bath Houses - Barranco, Peru. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageDonkey Collection: NATI2A-00181

NATI2A-00181
Apaches receiving beef rations from Indian agents at San Carlos Reservation, Arizona, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

Background imageDonkey Collection: Return of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

Return of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
The return of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza -- Sancho kneels and raises his arms, no doubt relieved to be back home

Background imageDonkey Collection: Mother Love

Mother Love
17th May 1963: A mother donkey with her baby resting comfortably on her back. (Photo by G. R. Greated/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageDonkey Collection: Milk Donkeys, c. 1890. Creator: Frank Meadow Sutcliffe

Milk Donkeys, c. 1890. Creator: Frank Meadow Sutcliffe
Milk Donkeys, c. 1890. Platinum print

Background imageDonkey Collection: Ass and Sheep, 1849 (oil)

Ass and Sheep, 1849 (oil)
BAL5921 Ass and Sheep, 1849 (oil) by Verboeckhoven, Eugene Joseph (1798-1881); Private Collection; Belgian, out of copyright

Background imageDonkey Collection: Spain. Castile and Leon. Burgos. Map, 1576 at Civitates

Spain. Castile and Leon. Burgos. Map, 1576 at Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Georg Braun (1541-1622) and Franz Hogenberg (1536-1590). Salamanca University Library

Background imageDonkey Collection: Collecting Eggs at Flamborough Head

Collecting Eggs at Flamborough Head
Collecting seagulls eggs at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. A traditional practice for farmers whose land adjoined the cliff edge

Background imageDonkey Collection: Lonesome Jackass

Lonesome Jackass
31st March 1945: A donkey is caught in a cars headlights. Original Publication: Picture Post - 1936 - The Magic Lantern Of A Cars Headlights - pub

Background imageDonkey Collection: Donkey - lightweight jockey Geraldine Hinson (9) of Jarvis Brook, Sussex, will be

Donkey - lightweight jockey Geraldine Hinson (9) of Jarvis Brook, Sussex, will be riding Gay Paree in the Wivelsfield Green, Sussex, Donkey Derby today (Whit Monday)

Background imageDonkey Collection: Zedonk - Zebra-Donkey Hybrid - Creation Museum - Ohio - USA

Zedonk - Zebra-Donkey Hybrid - Creation Museum - Ohio - USA
PM-10713 Zedonk - Zebra-Donkey Hybrid Creation Museum - Ohio - USA Equus sp. Pat Morris contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Background imageDonkey Collection: A Village Post Office in Jamaica

A Village Post Office in Jamaica Date: circa 1907

Background imageDonkey Collection: GATL2A-00027

GATL2A-00027
Jamaicans bringing their produce to market, circa 1890. Hand-colored halftone illustration of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageDonkey Collection: When Great Grandfather Went to Sea by H. L. Oakley

When Great Grandfather Went to Sea by H. L. Oakley
A series of charming silhouette cut outs by H. L. Oakley depicting scenes at the seaside during the Victorian era from the journey there by carriage and train to donkey rides

Background imageDonkey Collection: Welsh woman in traditional costume on a donkey

Welsh woman in traditional costume on a donkey
A young Welsh woman in traditional costume, riding a donkey sidesaddle. This was the usual form of transport at the time -- for example

Background imageDonkey Collection: West Indies by Royal Mail Steam Packet Company poster

West Indies by Royal Mail Steam Packet Company poster
Poster advertising the service to the West Indies by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company ship RMSP Atlantis. The poster features a colourful and cheery man sitting on a donkey

Background imageDonkey Collection: Animal Band Good Night

Animal Band Good Night
Poodle conductor, standing on a dais, raps the baton on the music stand while a donkey bass player, a goat trumpeter & a ? dog percussionist strike up a tune

Background imageDonkey Collection: Glasgow / Kelly 1817

Glasgow / Kelly 1817
General view of the city, with a wagon approaching on a rough-surfaced road, a carrier and his donkey, factory smoke polluting the air

Background imageDonkey Collection: Donkey - foal in falling snow Digital Manipulation: snow

Donkey - foal in falling snow Digital Manipulation: snow
JD-15843-m Donkey - foal in falling snow Digitally manipulated image John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Background imageDonkey Collection: Donkeys - foal. Arsi Region - Ethiopia

Donkeys - foal. Arsi Region - Ethiopia
WAT-11533 Donkey - foal Arsi Region, Ethiopia M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageDonkey Collection: Zebra x Donkey Hybrid

Zebra x Donkey Hybrid
WAT-8271 ZEBRA x Donkey Hybrid M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way




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"From Dry Stone Walling to Shoeing: A Journey Through Donkey History" Step into the world of donkeys, where their charm and versatility have captured the hearts of many throughout history. Artist Edwin Henry Landseer beautifully depicted these gentle creatures in his 1844 masterpiece, showcasing their strength and grace. In seaside towns like Blackpool, Lancashire, donkeys have become iconic figures on the beach. Against the backdrop of Blackpool Tower, they offer joyous rides to children and adults alike since 1938. But it's not just about leisurely strolls along sandy shores; donkeys have a voice too. Their distinctive braying echoes through fields and hillsides, reminding us of their presence and unique character. During festive seasons, even donkeys join in on the celebrations. With a Christmas hat perched atop its head amidst snowy surroundings created by digital manipulation, this adorable creature brings holiday cheer wherever it goes. Donkey families are heartwarming sights as well. Witnessing a mother tenderly caring for her foal is a testament to their strong bonds and nurturing nature. Throughout literature and art, donkeys have played significant roles. From Don Quixote riding alongside faithful Sancho Panza to Nasreddin - Seljuq satirist known for his witty tales involving these humble animals - they symbolize loyalty and wisdom across cultures. Even renowned Italian painter Piero della Francesca found inspiration in capturing the essence of these creatures on canvas. Their expressive eyes peering over fences or grazing peacefully in Hessen, Germany add an element of serenity to any landscape. Travelers seeking hidden gems will find themselves enchanted by The Diamond in Donegal – a place where donkeys roam freely against breathtaking backdrops that showcase Ireland's natural beauty at its finest.