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  • Surgeon Brydon, the sole survivor of 16,000 British troops, arriving exhausted at Jalalabad in 1842. Photogravure, 1908, after a painting by Lady Butler, 1879.
  • People out walking and riding in extremely windy weather on top of the Brecon Beacons. Wood engraving by O.T., 1860.
  • The four horsemen of the Apocalypse galloping through the clouds. Woodcut, 16th century.
  • People out walking and riding in extremely windy weather on top of the Brecon Beacons. Wood engraving by O.T., 1860.
  • A man riding a donkey deludes himself into believing that he is on a splendid horse. Coloured etching by G. Piattoli, c. 1800.
  • A gouty man surrounded by horse-riding accoutrements. Coloured engraving by Maddox after H.W. Bunbury.
  • A wealthy family arriving at a hotel and being greeted by the proprietor. Engraving.
  • Three men ride through the sky on black, red and white lions (colours of the alchemical process); beneath, men lay sprawled among dismembered limbs. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
  • Shooting skirmish below mountains, Afghanistan. Watercolour.
  • William Cavendish, Marquis (from 1665 Duke) of Newcastle performing dressage in front of Bolsover Castle. Engraving by P. Clouwet after A. van Diepenbeeck.
  • A British administrator and retired physician driving a carriage at high speed, accompanied by an Indian servant. Coloured lithograph by E. Walker after Captain G.F. Atkinson.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Obadiah riding a coach horse knocks Dr. Slop off his pony into a pond, a sign to Shandy Hall hangs over him. Etching by J. Bretherton, 1773, after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Obadiah, riding a coach horse, knocks Dr. Slop off his pony, a sign points to Shandy Hall. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.
  • Use Continental Ointment : Continental Ointment for man and beast.
  • Use Continental Ointment : Continental Ointment for man and beast.
  • Christ enters Jerusalem on an ass. Etching by F.P. Massau after J.F. Overbeck, 1849.
  • The compleat horseman: discovering the surest marks of the beauty, goodness, faults and imperfections of horses: the signs and causes of their diseases, the true method both of their preservation and cure: with reflections on the regular and preposterous use of bleeding and purging. To which is added a ... supplement of riding ... With an alphabetical catalogue of allthe physical simples in English, French and Latin / By Sir William Hope ... Made English from the eighth editioin of the original.
  • The compleat horseman: discovering the surest marks of the beauty, goodness, faults and imperfections of horses: the signs and causes of their diseases, the true method both of their preservation and cure: with reflections on the regular and preposterous use of bleeding and purging. To which is added a ... supplement of riding ... With an alphabetical catalogue of allthe physical simples in English, French and Latin / By Sir William Hope ... Made English from the eighth editioin of the original.
  • The compleat horseman: discovering the surest marks of the beauty, goodness, faults and imperfections of horses: the signs and causes of their diseases, the true method both of their preservation and cure: with reflections on the regular and preposterous use of bleeding and purging. To which is added a ... supplement of riding ... With an alphabetical catalogue of allthe physical simples in English, French and Latin / By Sir William Hope ... Made English from the eighth editioin of the original.
  • An inexperienced student doctor taking the pulse of a patient in his bed. Coloured etching by A.M. Mills, 1806.
  • The flight into Egypt: Mary rides on the donkey, breast-feeding Jesus; Joseph walks beside them. Etching by W. Basse.