Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour (page 1/2)

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Some images from Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour by Robert Smith Surtees (1805 – 1864) and illustrated by John Leech (New York, Stringer and Townsend, 1856). Surtee used the pseudonym Frank Forester for some editions, but in this case the book was anonymous.

Title: Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour

Author: Surtees, Robert Smith

City: London

Date: 1856

Total items: 5

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Some sample images

[picture: One of Multum in Parvo's “going” days.]

One of Multum in Parvo’s “going” days.

Parvo here is a rather strong-willed horse...We see the horse leaping past the hunting-dogs. The man riding the horse is a “toff” or country gentleman of the [...] [more...]

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[picture: Letter T with Book]

Letter T with Book

An initial letter T with a book, pages open, spine upwards, as if just set down by a careless reader. [more...]

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[picture: W with two horses and riders]

W with two horses and riders

A decorative initial letter “W” with the W made from four fence-posts or tree-trunks, and with two men wearing hats, each riding a horse about to pass through one or other half of the letter. This illustrating was used as an eighteen-line drop cap in the book, and is suitable or accompanying text on horse-riding, [...] [more...]

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[picture: Initial letter T with upturned book and horse-rider on quill pen]

Initial letter T with upturned book and horse-rider on quill pen

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 set down by a careless reader, with a giant capital letter “T” in the background. Perhaps the rider is imagined by the reader, or by the writer. [...] [more...]

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[picture: A Day With Puffington's Hounds]

A Day With Puffington’s Hounds

A happy hunter beams as he holds up a dead rabbit. The rabbit doesn’t look happy. Men in red coats, white trousers and riding hats, horses, dogs. [more...]

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Some images from Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour by Robert Smith Surtees (1805 – 1864) and illustrated by John Leech (New York, Stringer and Townsend, 1856). Surtee used the pseudonym Frank Forester for some editions, but in this case the book was anonymous.


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