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150.—Horce racing.New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

Two badly-drawn horses are neck-and-neck at the finish line in a horse-race, their jockeys brandishing whips.

Keywords: horses, sport, games, racing, whips, greyscale

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Added: 2012-05-13

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887.—Men Skating At Night.New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

Five men are skating on a frozen pond at night, leaving trails in the ice. They smile. They are wearing top hats and eighteenth-century dress. One of them carries a cane. In the background, wintry tr [...]

Keywords: people, winter, christmas, sport, costumes, colour

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Added: 2011-12-13

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Initial letter T with upturned book and horse-rider on quill penMr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour (1856)

In this vignetted decorative initial a man wears a top hat and rides a “horse” made from a quill (feather) pen towards an upturned book, laying with the pages partly open and the spine uppermost as if [...]

Keywords: initials, lettert, horses, riding, sport, books, vignetted initials, historiated initials, inhabited initials, greyscale

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Added: 2014-05-04

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