Sledging Collection (#5)

A Popular Winter Amusement in Germany (engraving)
1615133 A Popular Winter Amusement in Germany (engraving) by Wright, Henry Charles Seppings (1850-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Popular Winter Amusement in Germany)

Scene in a Siberian Village during the Butter-Week (engraving)
1622088 Scene in a Siberian Village during the Butter-Week (engraving) by Schonberg, Johann Nepomuk (1780-1863) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Moose-Hunting in Canada (engraving)
1619524 Moose-Hunting in Canada (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Moose-Hunting in Canada. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 18 December 1858)

King Edward VIIs Visit to Germany (litho)
1593355 King Edward VIIs Visit to Germany (litho) by Prior, Melton (1845-1910) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: King Edward VIIs Visit to Germany)

A Peasants Wedding in Hungary (engraving)
1604065 A Peasants Wedding in Hungary (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Peasants Wedding in Hungary)

Winter in China (engraving)
1600444 Winter in China (engraving) by Frenzeny, Paul (1840-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Winter in China, Sailing-Sledges on the Grand Canal)

Our Special Artist in Siberia, Horse-Racing at Irkutsk (engraving)
1624046 Our Special Artist in Siberia, Horse-Racing at Irkutsk (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Our Special Artist in Siberia, Horse-Racing at Irkutsk)

Bound for the North Pole (litho)
1628782 Bound for the North Pole (litho) by Forestier, Amedee (1854-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bound for the North Pole)

Riding out from the Gates (litho)
1195717 Riding out from the Gates (litho) by Orlowski, Alexander (Alexandr Osipovich Orlovsky) (1777-1832) (after); 50.8x64.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Orlowsky)

Sledging in the Isle of Bute (engraving)
1061895 Sledging in the Isle of Bute (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sledging in the Isle of Bute)

The Sled Race, 1877 (oil on canvas)
823494 The Sled Race, 1877 (oil on canvas) by Morin, Edmond (1824-82); 160x107 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Sled Race. Edmond Morin (1824-1882). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1877

A Winter Landscape with Children Sledging, 1918 (oil on canvas)
823603 A Winter Landscape with Children Sledging, 1918 (oil on canvas) by Monsted, Peder (1859-1941); 68.9x48.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Winter Landscape with Children Sledging)

The Late Frost, "Coasting"on a "Bob"Sleigh at Harrow (engraving)
1037626 The Late Frost, " Coasting" on a " Bob" Sleigh at Harrow (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Late Frost)

The Emperor of China sledging on the Lake in the Palace Gardens, Pekin (litho)
1039244 The Emperor of China sledging on the Lake in the Palace Gardens, Pekin (litho) by Dadd, Frank (1851-1929) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Winter in Russia, Trotting Races at Prisnenskij Prud, near the Zoological Gardens, Moscow (engraving)
1045890 Winter in Russia, Trotting Races at Prisnenskij Prud, near the Zoological Gardens, Moscow (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Winter in Russia)

British Columbia, going to a Christmas Party, "now hes done it!"(engraving)
1045161 British Columbia, going to a Christmas Party, " now hes done it!" (engraving) by Dollman, John Charles (1851-1934) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: British Columbia)

Going to Picnic in Russia, a Friendly Race (engraving)
1049667 Going to Picnic in Russia, a Friendly Race (engraving) by Waller, Samuel Edmund (1850-1903) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Going to Picnic in Russia, a Friendly Race)

Sketches in British North America (engraving)
1045316 Sketches in British North America (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches in British North America)

Tobogganing in Switzerland, Native v Foreigner (engraving)
1055325 Tobogganing in Switzerland, Native v Foreigner (engraving) by Macquoid, Percy (1852-1925); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tobogganing in Switzerland, Native v Foreigner)

Sleighing at Harlem, New York (engraving)
1052702 Sleighing at Harlem, New York (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sleighing at Harlem, New York)

"Coasting"at Omaha (engraving)
1052347 " Coasting" at Omaha (engraving) by Houghton, Arthur Boyd (1836-75) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: " Coasting" at Omaha)

Winter in New York, Sleighing in Central Park (litho)
1051967 Winter in New York, Sleighing in Central Park (litho) by Charlton, John (1849-1917) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Winter in New York, Sleighing in Central Park)

Tobogganing (chromolitho)
1093769 Tobogganing (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tobogganing. French educational card)

Winter in Holland, Skating Scene, 1645 (oil on panel)
3526178 Winter in Holland, Skating Scene, 1645 (oil on panel) by Neer, Aert van der (1603-77); 54.61x69.85 cm; Corcoran Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C

Post Sledges between Pekin and St Petersburg (engraving)
2773374 Post Sledges between Pekin and St Petersburg (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Post Sledges between Pekin and St Petersburg)

Hunting Wolves in Russia (engraving)
2772801 Hunting Wolves in Russia (engraving) by Janet, Gustave (b. 1829); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hunting Wolves in Russia)

Christmas in the Baltic (engraving)
2785667 Christmas in the Baltic (engraving) by Dolby, Edwin Thomas (fl.1849-65); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christmas in the Baltic)

Advertisement for Brookes Monkey Brand soap (engraving)
726952 Advertisement for Brookes Monkey Brand soap (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertisement for Brookes Monkey Brand soap)

Boys pulling sledge very fast, Card (chromolitho)
730772 Boys pulling sledge very fast, Card (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boys pulling sledge very fast)

Enjoying the Ice, 1630 (pen and w / c on paper)
XKH145205 Enjoying the Ice, 1630 (pen and w/c on paper) by Avercamp, Hendrik (1585-1634); 15x20 cm; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany; Dutch, out of copyright

Tobogganers at Davos, Switzerland (colour litho)
GES74726 Tobogganers at Davos, Switzerland (colour litho) by Pellegrini, Carlo (1866-1937); Private Collection; Italian, out of copyright

Tobogganing, 1886 (aquatint)
BAL54958 Tobogganing, 1886 (aquatint) by Sandham, Henry (1842-1912) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: published by L. Prang and Co.); English, out of copyright

Quebec (chromolitho)
1620448 Quebec (chromolitho) by Leitch, Richard Principal (fl.1844-77) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Quebec. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 15 March 1862)

Reinforcements for Canada passing through New Brunswick (engraving)
1620234 Reinforcements for Canada passing through New Brunswick (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Reinforcements for Canada passing through New Brunswick)

The Coachman, 1923 (oil on canvas)
1195737 The Coachman, 1923 (oil on canvas) by Kustodiev, Boris Mikhailovich (1878-1927); 98.3x81.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Russian, out of copyright

On the Great Post Road in Siberia, a Tea Caravan from China (engraving)
1591828 On the Great Post Road in Siberia, a Tea Caravan from China (engraving) by Price, Julius Mandes (1857-1924); Private Collection; (add.info.: On the Great Post Road in Siberia)

Winter Sports at St Moritz, Upper Engadine (b / w photo)
1593220 Winter Sports at St Moritz, Upper Engadine (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Winter Sports at St Moritz, Upper Engadine)

Buffalo Hunt, c. 1822-1824 (pen and black ink and watercolour on paper)
985353 Buffalo Hunt, c.1822-1824 (pen and black ink and watercolour on paper) by Rindisbacher, Peter (1806-34); 21.2x41.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Buffalo Hunt)

The Klondike Gold Discoveries, Views at Juneau and on the Chilkoot Pass Route to the Yukon (engraving)
1597782 The Klondike Gold Discoveries, Views at Juneau and on the Chilkoot Pass Route to the Yukon (engraving) by Wright, Henry Charles Seppings (1850-1937); Private Collection; (add.info)

View of Klondike City, with Dawson City, recently destroyed by Fire, in the Distance (litho)
1598880 View of Klondike City, with Dawson City, recently destroyed by Fire, in the Distance (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: View of Klondike City)

A Lucky Dog (engraving)
1614525 A Lucky Dog (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Lucky Dog. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 2 January 1892)

Travelling in the United States (engraving)
1607391 Travelling in the United States (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Travelling in the United States)

Dr Nansen and Lieutenant Johansen leaving the "Fram", "Good-Bye, Once More!"(engraving)
1605787 Dr Nansen and Lieutenant Johansen leaving the " Fram", " Good-Bye, Once More!" (engraving) by Forestier

Winter on Ravensdale Road, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
1764719 Winter on Ravensdale Road, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, 1890 (watercolor and gouache on paper) by Cropsey, Jasper Francis (1823-1900); 31.4x48.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Animals Games (coloured engraving)
979217 Animals Games (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Animals Games.); © Look and Learn

Princess Marie and Prince Ferdinand sleighing at Sigmaringen (engraving)
1038655 Princess Marie and Prince Ferdinand sleighing at Sigmaringen (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Winter Sports at Halifax, Nova Scotia (engraving)
1037648 Winter Sports at Halifax, Nova Scotia (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Winter Sports at Halifax, Nova Scotia)

The Princess of Wales sledging at Sandringham with her Daughters (engraving)
1050246 The Princess of Wales sledging at Sandringham with her Daughters (engraving) by Hall, Sydney Prior (1842-1922) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

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"Sledging: A Timeless Winter Tradition" Sledging, a beloved winter pastime, has captured the hearts of people across generations. Whether it's the thrill of racing down snowy slopes or gliding over grassy banks, this exhilarating activity has brought joy to both young and old alike. In 1911, The Tabby Toboggan Club embraced the spirit with their daring adventures. Inspired by Louis Wain's whimsical illustrations and Edward Wilson's captivating artwork in "Sledging, " they embarked on thrilling journeys that would forever be etched in history. From children gleefully sledging down grassy banks to families enjoying an American Homestead Winter filled with laughter and excitement, sledging became a cherished tradition worldwide. It symbolized unity and camaraderie as Lt Henry Bowers, Dr Edward Wilson, and Apsley Cherry-Garrard stood beside their sledge during expeditions. Even in far-flung places like Lapland, Finland, huskies pulled sleighs through snow-covered landscapes. The Royds Barrier sledge party braved treacherous terrains while the Southern sledge party returned triumphant from their icy escapades. The journey began as these brave explorers left HMS Investigator in Mercy Bay under Lieutenant Gurney Cresswell's command. Their determination fueled them through challenging conditions as they ventured into uncharted territories during the Southern sledge journey, not just about conquering nature; it was about embracing its beauty. As sledges glided over hummocky ice formations or gracefully maneuvered around obstacles along frozen paths, adventurers marveled at Mother Nature's wonders. Through photographs capturing these timeless moments of pure bliss and adventure-filled tales passed down through generations, we celebrate the spirit of sledging, and is a reminder that no matter where we come from or what challenges lie ahead - when united by a shared love for winter's wonders, we can create memories that last a lifetime.