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Horseback Collection (#4)

"Horseback: A Timeless Connection between Man and Beast" From the ancient battles to modern equestrian events

Background imageHorseback Collection: Fire engine horses, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Fire engine horses, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Fire engine horses, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageHorseback Collection: Ward says good by [i.e., goodbye] to Gen. Grant, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Ward says good by [i.e., goodbye] to Gen. Grant, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Ward says good by [i.e., goodbye] to Gen. Grant, 1911. Shows aviator James J. Ward in New York at the start of the Hearst Transcontinental Flight

Background imageHorseback Collection: Capt. Lloyd (Eng. Polo Team), 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Capt. Lloyd (Eng. Polo Team), 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Capt. Lloyd (Eng. Polo Team), 1911.

Background imageHorseback Collection: King George V at Trooping of Colors, May 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

King George V at Trooping of Colors, May 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
King George V at Trooping of Colors, May 1911. Shows King George V Trooping the Colour, for the first time in May 1911 in front of the Admiralty Extension Building

Background imageHorseback Collection: Artillery hike, San Antonio, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Artillery hike, San Antonio, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Artillery hike, San Antonio, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageHorseback Collection: Sir Genille Cave Brown Cave, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Sir Genille Cave Brown Cave, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Sir Genille Cave Brown Cave, 1911. Shows cowboy and bartender Sir Genille Cave-Brown-Cave, 12th Baronet (1869-1929).

Background imageHorseback Collection: President Diaz, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

President Diaz, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
President Diaz, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageHorseback Collection: Juarez, Adobe house riddled, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Juarez, Adobe house riddled, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Juarez, Adobe house riddled, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageHorseback Collection: Mounted Trumpeter, Household Infantry, London, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Mounted Trumpeter, Household Infantry, London, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Mounted Trumpeter, Household Infantry, London, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageHorseback Collection: Aldermen Challenge King's Pursuivant at Temple Bar, London, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

Aldermen Challenge King's Pursuivant at Temple Bar, London, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Aldermen Challenge King's Pursuivant at Temple Bar, London, 1910.

Background imageHorseback Collection: G.A.R. Parade, Rochester, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

G.A.R. Parade, Rochester, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
G.A.R. Parade, Rochester, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Grand Army of the Republic veterans in a parade, Rochester, New York.

Background imageHorseback Collection: Palace, Lisbon, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

Palace, Lisbon, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Palace, Lisbon, 1919.

Background imageHorseback Collection: The Lost Trail, 1856. Creator: Charles Ferdinand Wimar

The Lost Trail, 1856. Creator: Charles Ferdinand Wimar
The Lost Trail, 1856. A group of Indian warriors on horseback searching for the trail of some enemy in one of the canyons of the lower Missouri River at dawn.

Background imageHorseback Collection: Summer Days, 1857. Creator: George Inness

Summer Days, 1857. Creator: George Inness
Summer Days, 1857.

Background imageHorseback Collection: Landscape with Armed Men, unknown date. Creator: Hercules Seghers

Landscape with Armed Men, unknown date. Creator: Hercules Seghers
Landscape with Armed Men, unknown date.

Background imageHorseback Collection: The Nativity and other Episodes from the Childhood of Christ, 1330. Creator: Pietro da Rimini

The Nativity and other Episodes from the Childhood of Christ, 1330. Creator: Pietro da Rimini
The Nativity and other Episodes from the Childhood of Christ, 1330. Four scenes from the childhood of Christ: The Nativity, The Infant Christ bathed

Background imageHorseback Collection: Friends Or Foes? (The Scout), 1902-05. Creator: Frederic Remington

Friends Or Foes? (The Scout), 1902-05. Creator: Frederic Remington
Friends Or Foes? (The Scout), 1902-05. A solitary Blackfoot Indian leans forward on his horse, gazing across a snowy landscape at the lights of a distant encampment

Background imageHorseback Collection: Before The Race, c1882. Creator: Edgar Degas

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

Background imageHorseback Collection: The Swearing In Of President Boyer At The Palace Of Haiti, c1818

The Swearing In Of President Boyer At The Palace Of Haiti, c1818. Creator: Adolphe Eugene Gabriel Roehn
The Swearing In Of President Boyer At The Palace Of Haiti, c1818.

Background imageHorseback Collection: J.C. Phipps, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

J.C. Phipps, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
J.C. Phipps, between c1910 and c1915. Probably shows John Shaffer Phipps (1874-1958), American lawyer, businessman, polo player, and racehorse owner.

Background imageHorseback Collection: Rodeo Riders, L.A., between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Rodeo Riders, L.A., between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Rodeo Riders, L.A., between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageHorseback Collection: Saint George On Horseback, 1505-08. Creator: Albrecht Durer

Saint George On Horseback, 1505-08. Creator: Albrecht Durer
Saint George On Horseback, 1505-08.

Background imageHorseback Collection: Gen. Leonard Wood, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Gen. Leonard Wood, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Leonard Wood, 1913. Shows General Leonard Wood, Army Chief of Staff, on horseback, riding in front of a reviewing stand at the Riggs National Bank during the first inauguration of President

Background imageHorseback Collection: Evening on the Prairie, 1870. Creator: Albert Bierstadt

Evening on the Prairie, 1870. Creator: Albert Bierstadt
Evening on the Prairie, 1870.

Background imageHorseback Collection: Riding - Central Park, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Riding - Central Park, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Riding - Central Park, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageHorseback Collection: No title - (Rider chasing two horses), 1792-1831. Creator: Christian David Gebauer

No title - (Rider chasing two horses), 1792-1831. Creator: Christian David Gebauer
No title - (Rider chasing two horses), 1792-1831. Depicting a bearded mounted horseman giving chase to two other horses. The one in the foreground still drags its reins

Background imageHorseback Collection: Monmouth Horse Show, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Monmouth Horse Show, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Monmouth Horse Show, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageHorseback Collection: A Sportsman With His Family Instructing Woodmen To Chop Up A Felled Tree, c1816

A Sportsman With His Family Instructing Woodmen To Chop Up A Felled Tree, c1816. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
A Sportsman With His Family Instructing Woodmen To Chop Up A Felled Tree, c1816.

Background imageHorseback Collection: A Review In Hyde Park, c1800. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson

A Review In Hyde Park, c1800. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
A Review In Hyde Park, c1800.

Background imageHorseback Collection: Jockey, 1909. Creator: Max Jacob

Jockey, 1909. Creator: Max Jacob
Jockey, 1909.

Background imageHorseback Collection: Trumpeter Of The Hussars, c1815-20. Creator: Theodore Gericault

Trumpeter Of The Hussars, c1815-20. Creator: Theodore Gericault
Trumpeter Of The Hussars, c1815-20. This figure's uniform identifies him as a member of the hussars--notoriously fearless cavalry--in the French army

Background imageHorseback Collection: Dismounted: The Fourth Troopers Moving The Led Horses, 1890. Creator: Frederic Remington

Dismounted: The Fourth Troopers Moving The Led Horses, 1890. Creator: Frederic Remington
Dismounted: The Fourth Troopers Moving The Led Horses, 1890. The horses in Remington's painting thunder towards us, kicking up clouds of dust

Background imageHorseback Collection: The Wounded Bunkie, 1896. Creator: Frederic Remington

The Wounded Bunkie, 1896. Creator: Frederic Remington
The Wounded Bunkie, 1896. A cavalryman attempts to help his wounded bunkmate to safety. The bullet hole visible in the bunkie's chest

Background imageHorseback Collection: Austrians leaving front, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Austrians leaving front, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Austrians leaving front, between c1915 and c1920.

Background imageHorseback Collection: Belgian Ambulance, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Belgian Ambulance, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Belgian Ambulance, between c1915 and c1920.

Background imageHorseback Collection: Perseus Rescuing Andromeda, 1594/95. Creator: Giuseppe Cesari

Perseus Rescuing Andromeda, 1594/95. Creator: Giuseppe Cesari
Perseus Rescuing Andromeda, 1594/95. The Greek hero Perseus, traveling home after slaying Medusa, spotted the princess Andromeda chained to a rock

Background imageHorseback Collection: Lt. Walter Brooke; Lt. C.T. Walwyn; Col. P.A. Kenna & Lt. Geoffrey Brooke, (1910?)

Lt. Walter Brooke; Lt. C.T. Walwyn; Col. P.A. Kenna & Lt. Geoffrey Brooke, (1910?). Creator: Bain News Service
Lt. Walter Brooke; Lt. C.T. Walwyn; Col. P.A. Kenna & Lt. Geoffrey Brooke, (1910?). Shows British officers who participated in a November 1910 National Horse Show Association event in Madison Square

Background imageHorseback Collection: Polo, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Polo, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Polo, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageHorseback Collection: Monmouth Horse Show [jumping], between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Monmouth Horse Show [jumping], between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Monmouth Horse Show [jumping], between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageHorseback Collection: Suffrage parade, Inez Milholland, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Suffrage parade, Inez Milholland, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Suffrage parade, Inez Milholland, 1913. Shows lawyer Inez Milholland Boissevain riding astride in the suffrage parade as the first of four mounted heralds

Background imageHorseback Collection: Labor Day parade, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Labor Day parade, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Labor Day parade, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageHorseback Collection: Suffrage Parade, Alberta Hill, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Suffrage Parade, Alberta Hill, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Suffrage Parade, Alberta Hill, 1913. Shows Alberta Hill on horseback at the Woman Suffrage Parade in Washington, D.C. March 3, 1913

Background imageHorseback Collection: British tank on 5th Ave. 25 Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

British tank on 5th Ave. 25 Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British tank on 5th Ave. 25 Oct 1917. The British Mark IV Tank "Britannia" which was brought to New York City where it was renamed the Liberty and put on exhibit to help sell war bonds

Background imageHorseback Collection: British Cavalry passing thro wrecked village, 21 Apr 1917.. Creator: Bain News Service

British Cavalry passing thro wrecked village, 21 Apr 1917.. Creator: Bain News Service
British Cavalry passing thro wrecked village, 21 Apr 1917. Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment) troops riding on horseback through the ruined village of Caulaincourt, France during World War I

Background imageHorseback Collection: Germans in Lowicz, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Germans in Lowicz, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Germans in Lowicz, between 1914 and c1915. German soldiers on horseback in Lowicz, Poland during World War I

Background imageHorseback Collection: Col. C. Vanderbilt, 30 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Col. C. Vanderbilt, 30 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Col. C. Vanderbilt, 30 Aug 1917 (date created or published later). Colonel Cornelius Vanderbilt, Commander of the Twenty-Second Engineers during a parade of the 27th Division

Background imageHorseback Collection: Col. Sidney Grant, 31 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Col. Sidney Grant, 31 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Col. Sidney Grant, 31 Aug 1917 (date created or published later). Sidney Grant, Commander of the Thirteenth Coast Defense (Coast Artillery Corps)

Background imageHorseback Collection: Col. J.S. Boyer, 30 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Col. J.S. Boyer, 30 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Col. J.S. Boyer, 30 Aug 1917. Colonel James S. Boyer, Commander of the First Infantry during a parade of the 27th Division (National Guard of New York) on August 30, 1917 in New York City




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"Horseback: A Timeless Connection between Man and Beast" From the ancient battles to modern equestrian events, the bond between humans and horses has endured through history. In Trotsky slaying the counter-revolutionary dragon (poster), 1918, we witness the power as a symbol of revolution and triumph. Even royalty embraces this connection, as seen in Princess Elizabeth - Attending the Trooping of the Colour. The elegance and grace displayed on horseback reflect both strength and regality. In Manus Tuas Domine. , 1879 captures a moment frozen in time, where man's reliance on his equine companion is evident. Artist Briton Riviere beautifully portrays trust and unity between rider and steed. The Battle of San Romano, c1438 transports us back to medieval times when knights charged fearlessly into battle astride their loyal horses. Paolo Uccello's masterpiece depicts bravery amidst chaos. The Charge of the Light Brigade by 11th Hussars at Balaclava immortalizes an infamous military maneuver that showcased both heroism and tragedy. Horses galloping fearlessly towards danger alongside their riders exemplify unwavering loyalty. Eadweard J Muybridge's photograph captures a fleeting moment as man and horse soar over a fence with perfect synchronization. The harmony achieved between them demonstrates years of training and mutual understanding. King Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt reminds us that even great leaders relied on their trusted steeds during pivotal moments in history. Horseback became synonymous with courage, leadership, and victory. Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims embarked on their spiritual journey mounted atop noble horses, representing diverse backgrounds united by faith. Their pilgrimage showcases how they are bring people together despite differences. Sir Isumbras at the Ford illustrates John Everett Millais' talent for capturing emotion through artistry. This poignant image tells a story of sacrifice and determination, where horseback becomes a symbol of hope.