Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour (page 2/2)

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]