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  • Above, two horses and their riders are approaching the finishing post in a race at Newmarket, eagerly awaited by a crowd; below, grooms and horses taking their exercises on a field outside the town of Newmarket. Chromolithograph after E. F. Burney and J. Bodger after J. Wootton.
  • Singapore: a stubborn horse at the start of Singapore racecourse. Pen and ink drawing by J. Taylor, 1881.
  • Kuching, Sarawak: horses being mounted in the racecourse paddock. Photograph.
  • Kuching, Sarawak: view of the racecourse. Photograph.
  • Singapore: a police officer clearing two race-goers from the racecourse. Pen and ink drawing by J. Taylor, 1881.
  • A horse has been killed after jumping a hurdle in a steeplechase: the jockey holding a whip looks at it with concern. Wood engraving by E. Froment, 1874 after W. Small.
  • Hong Kong: the racecourse. Photograph, 1873 by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.
  • Crowds watching horses approach the finishing line of the Derby. Wood engraving by A.F. Pannemaker after G. Doré.
  • Jockeys on horseback at a racecourse watched by a crowd of people in a field with marquees. Process print.
  • The racehorse Godolphin Arabian, with a cat. Engraving by John Scott after G. Stubbs, 1820.
  • The racehorse Sweet William in a landscape. Stipple print by G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs.
  • British politicians gambling at Ascot. Colour lithograph by Judd & Co. after Tom Merry, 14 June 1884.
  • Two episodes about Mr. Muff and Mr. Randle at the races and being swindled out of some money. Letterpress and wood engraving.
  • [1945 racing programme, sold to raise funds for the Red Cross. The races were probably arranged by the British military in post-war occupied Italy].
  • [1945 racing programme, sold to raise funds for the Red Cross. The races were probably arranged by the British military in post-war occupied Italy].
  • [1945 racing programme, sold to raise funds for the Red Cross. The races were probably arranged by the British military in post-war occupied Italy].
  • The Green Mountain Vegetable Ointment is a positive remedy for ague in face, swelled breasts ...
  • The Green Mountain Vegetable Ointment is a positive remedy for ague in face, swelled breasts ...
  • The Green Mountain Vegetable Ointment is a positive remedy for ague in face, swelled breasts ...
  • The Green Mountain Vegetable Ointment is a positive remedy for ague in face, swelled breasts ...
  • Three bookmakers (representing British politicians) are watching a horserace in which three horses are neck and neck. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 7 September 1889.
  • British politicians at the Derby at Epsom. Colour lithograph by Judd & Co. after Tom Merry, 31 May 1884.
  • The good Samaritan tending to a wounded man while a priest and a Levite walk on by. Line engraving by T. Cook, 1809, after W. Hogarth.
  • Lord Rosebery as a racehorse-owner conversing with his trainer (William Patrick Adam) about the prospects of a horse ridden by Gladstone, dressed as a jockey. Engraving after L. Sambourne, ca. 1880.
  • The good Samaritan pouring oils on a wounded half-dead man. Line engraving by P. Casteels after S. Rosa.
  • The good Samaritan tending to a wounded man while a priest and Levite walk away. Line engraving by L. Masson after G. Freman.
  • The good Samaritan tending the wounds of a half-dead traveller. Mezzotint by R. Robinson.
  • The good samaritan bandaging a wounded man with oils and wine. Pen and ink drawing.
  • The good Samaritan stopping to help treat a wounded man. Drawing by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale.
  • The good Samaritan tending the wounds of a beaten robbed man. Etching by W. Cooke, 1807, after C.N.R. Lafonde.