Races Collection (page 3)

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

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

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

Races at Champ-de-Mars, current 8th arrondissemnt, around 1830. Creator: Unknown
Races at Champ-de-Mars, current 8th arrondissemnt, around 1830

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]

The Doncaster Winners: St. Leger - "Knight of St. George"; Doncaster Cup - "Virago", 1854. At the end of the racing season of last year

The Regatta, at Montreal, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Regatta, at Montreal, 1850....the citizens of Montreal [in Canada, decided on] the necessity of preparing a suitable display of Canadian industry

Goodwood Races, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Goodwood Races, 1850. Horseracing at Goodwood Racecourse near Chichester, West Sussex. The Grandstand, with its saloons, banquet-halls, terraces, and parterres "lying in a pleasant shade

The Winner, 1898. Creator: Félix Vallotton
The Winner, 1898

Landgrave, Winner of the Cambridgeshire Stakes at Newmarket, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Landgrave, Winner of the Cambridgeshire Stakes at Newmarket, 1850. Racehorse owned by a Mr. Gratwicke and ridden by Jem Chapple. From "Illustrated London News", 1850

Ships Boat-Race at Cherbourg, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Ships Boat-Race at Cherbourg, 1850. Naval review and regatta on the French coast....multitudes assembled on the piers, wharfs, roofs, and shores

Doncaster Race-Course, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Doncaster Race-Course, 1850. Horse racing in Yorkshire. The influx [of spectators] was continuous and immense, and we venture to say that what Doncaster has lost in the grade of its supporters was

Doncaster Races - the Dead-Heat for the St. Leger Stakes... 1850. Creator: Unknown
Doncaster Races - the Dead-Heat for the St. Leger Stakes, between "Voltigeur" and "Russborough" - "Bolingbroke" third, 1850

Voltigeur, the Winner of the Derby Stakes, 1850, (1850). Creator: Smyth
Voltigeur, the Winner of the Derby Stakes, 1850, (1850). Epsom horse races in Surrey. Voltigeur, nominally at 25 to 1, wins by a length, with Pitsford next him!'

Doncaster Races - the Road to the Course, 1850. Creator: Edmund Evans
Doncaster Races - the Road to the Course, 1850. Horse racing in Yorkshire. The Meeting attracted an immense and very respectable assemblage

Nimroud Sculptures...Flight of an Arab Mounted upon a Camel, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Nimroud Sculptures, just received at the British Museum - Flight of an Arab Mounted upon a Camel, 1850. Engraving of...a fine, though unfortunately broken slab

Epsom Spring Meeting...Preparing to Start for the Great Metropolitan Stakes, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Epsom Spring Meeting - Sketch on the Downs - Preparing to Start for the Great Metropolitan Stakes, 1850. Horseracing in Surrey

The Political Handicap, from Puck, n.d. Creator: Joseph Keppler
The Political Handicap, from Puck, n.d

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