Riding Boot
One of a pair of Haussa riding boots. It is made from red/brown leather with soft leather soles. Three bands of pale leather decorate the top of the boot.
Riding Habit - Waistcoat
A riding waistcoat which was part of a riding habit, c.1890. The waistcoat is made from a blue jacquard weave with a diamond pattern and fastened with 17 grey buttons. The collar is fastened with two ...
Riding Hat
A lady's tall black felt and silk riding hat with a black felt band, c.1890.
Riding Hat
A tall black riding hat with a black band.
Riding Whip
A riding whip, from Ghana. It has a leather covered handle that has a green, black and yellow interlaced pattern. A leather 'rope' has been attached to the handle to form the whip.
Scarborough
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a view of Scarborough. It was believed to be Dover until identified in 1976. It was painted by an unknown artist in about 1850.
Framed size Height 655mm, ...
Simon Latham, Latham's falconry, 1615 - second title page of Book 2, p.1v., detail
Everyday travel on horseback for Shakespeare’s fellow countrymen.
Most Elizabethans, and people for centuries later, traveling both within a local area or, like Shakespeare, from the country ...
South View of Fen End Farm
This is a watercolour and ink image of Fen End Farm. We only know the artist's initials, 'M.S.L.' but an inscription in ink along the bottom says 'The South View of Fen End Farm Drawn 20th August 1790'. ...
Spur
One of a pair of metal spiked wheel spurs from Argentina, c.1870. The spur is attached to a metal strap which fits around a boot.
Spur
One of a pair of metal spiked wheel spurs from Argentina, c.1870. The spur is attached to a metal strap which fits around a boot.
Spur
This pair of metal spurs is from Mexico. A spiked wheel is attached to a metal strap. The strap fits around a boot, and is attached by the fixings at the sides. The spur is decorated with scaloped engravings ...
Spur
This pair of metal spurs is from Mexico. A spiked wheel is attached to a metal strap. The strap fits around a boot, and is attached by the fixings at the sides. The spur is decorated with scaloped engravings ...
Spur
This is a pair of women's metal spurs from South America . A miniature spiked wheel is attached to a semi-circular metal bracket. The bracket would be attached to a boot.
Spur
This is a pair of women's metal spurs from South America . A miniature spiked wheel is attached to a semi-circular metal bracket. The bracket would be attached to a boot.
Stirrup
This is an iron stirrup. It has a platform for the foot to rest on and a slot at the top for a strap.
The Eagle Tavern, Hammersmith
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting an exterior view of The Eagle Tavern public house in Hammersmith, London. It is signed and dated 'J. Chalmers 1857' in the bottom left. A sign on the left reads ...
The Earth Stopper
This is a mixed media work by an unknown artist dating from about 1840. It depicts an earth stopper who stops us a fox's earth the evening before a hunt, confronted by a sweep.
A cutting stuck on the ...
The Earth Stopper
This is the detail of the earth stopper from a mixed media work dating from about 1840. It may have been by George Smart, but is not signed. An earth stopper would stop us a fox's earth the evening before ...