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The gentleman's complete jockey: with the perfect horseman, and experienced farrier. Containing, I. The nature of horses; their Breeding, Feeding and Management in all Paces, to sit them for War, Racing, Travel, Hunting, or other Recreations and Advantages. II. The true Method, with proper Rules and Directions to Order, Diet and Physic the Running Horse, to bring him to any Match or Race, with success. III. The Methods to buy Horses, and prevent being cheated; noting the particular Marks of the good and bad horses, in all their circumstances. IV. How to make Blazes, Stars, and Snips: To fatten a horse with little charge, and to make him lively and lovely. V. The whole Art of a Farrier in curing all Diseases, Griefs and Sorances incident to Horses; with their Symptoms and Causes. VI. The methods of shooing, Blooding, Rowling, Purging, and prevention of Diseases, &c. from long Experience and approved Practice. To which is added, The art of vermine-killing. By A. S. Gent.
A. S.Date: Printed in the Year, M,DCC,LXXXII. [1782]- Pictures
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A man riding a horse in Hyde Park. Etching after H.W. Bunbury.
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.Date: Sepr. 1th 1786Reference: 36898i- Books
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The gentleman's compleat jockey: with the perfect horse-man and experienc'd farrier. Containing, I. The nature of horses; their breeding, feeding and management in all paces, to fit them for war, racing, travel, hunting, or other recreations and advantages. II. The true method with proper rules and directions to order, diet and physick the running-horse, to bring him to any match or race, with success. III. The methods to buy horses, and prevent being cheated noting the particular marks of the good and b[a]d horses, in all their circumstances. IV. How to make blazes stars, and snips: to fatten a horse with little charge, and to make him lively and lovely. V. The whole art of farrier in curing all diseases, griefs, and sorrances incident to horses; with their symptoms and causes. VI. The methods of shooing, blooding, rowling, purging and prevention of diseases, and many other things from long experience and approved practice. By A.S. gent.
A. S.Date: 1717- Pictures
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Two men with horses in front of a classical monument decorated with the head of a horse on the pediment; horse-riders in the background. Engraving after J. de Solleysel, 17--.
Solleysel, Jacques de, 1617-1680.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 567623i- Books
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A list of the gentlemen riders and riding livery, that are to run for the Give and Take Bag of three thousand Bolts of spoil'd Meal, given by the Gentlemen Engrossers Forestallers, Mealmongers, &c. to be run for on Monday the 5th of Decr 1763. from the Sheriff-Brae in Leith, to the Meal-Market of Edinburgh.
Claudero, approximately 1730-approximately 1790.Date: 1763]- Pictures
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Burma: horsemen demonstrating their skill with the javelin as courtiers pay homage to the king. Gouache painting.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 727618iPart of: Burma: courtly ceremonies, amusements and sports. Gouache paintings.- Books
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The gentleman's compleat jockey: with the perfect horse-man and experienc'd farrier. ... To which is added, the art of vermine-killing. By A. S. gent.
A. S.Date: [1715?]- Pictures
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A man on horseback consulting a fortune-teller or gipsy. Engraving.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 11536i- Pictures
A Moroccan horseman setting off with a rifle to perform at an equestrian display (fantasia, Tbourida). Etching and drypoint by L.A. Lecouteux after H. Regnault, 1870.
Regnault, Henri, 1843-1871.Date: 1881Reference: 3154427i- Pictures
A skeletal figure riding a horse past a church and the devil; representing an apothecary and his remedies. Etching after R. Easton.
Easton, Reginald, 1807-1893.Reference: 15936i- Ephemera
Horse riding fantasy : VIP massage: there is a damsel in a castle with beauty and long hair, offering a nice english gentleman lots of tender loving care : all services.
Date: [1993]- Pictures
A boy on horseback; representing Hungarian children who are said to ride horses and consume plenty of dairy products; advertising milk. Colour lithograph after G. Deacon, 193- (?).
Deacon, Gordon.Date: [between 1930 and 1939?]Reference: 679730i- Pictures
A country doctor riding a horse. Mezzotint by H. Macbeth-Raeburn, ca. 1900 (?).
Macbeth-Raeburn, H. (Henry), 1860-1947.Date: [1900?]Reference: 659968i- Books
École de cavalerie. Contenant la connoissance, l'instruction, et la conservation du cheval ... / Par M. de la Gueriniere, ecuyer du roi.
Robichon de la Guérinière, François, -1751.Date: 1756- Books
Ordini di cavalcare, et modi di conoscere le nature de'cavalli, di emendare i lor vitii, et d'ammaestrargli per l'vso della guerra, et giouamento de gli huomini. Con varie figure di morsi, secondo le bocche, & il maneggio che si vuol dar loro / del Sig. Federico Grisone ... Di nuovo migliorati, & accresciuti di postille, & di tauola. Aggiungeuisi una scielta di notabili auuertimenti, per far eccellenti razze, et per rimediare alle infermità de' caualli.
Grisone, Federico, active 1550.Date: 1610- Pictures
An apothecary riding a horse that is out of control and knocking over everything in its way. Etching by W.E.G.
G., W. E.Reference: 15939i- Pictures
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A doctor changing into hunting clothes in his carriage, on his way to a hunt meeting. Watercolour painting by J. Leech.
Leech, John, 1817-1864.Date: 1859Reference: 15702i- Books
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Description du manége moderne. Dans sa perfection, expliqué par des leçons necessaires, et representé par des figures exactes, depuis l'assiette de l'homme à cheval, jusqu'à l'arrest accompagné aussi de divers mords pour bien brider les chevaux, ecrit et dessiné par le baron D'Eisenberg, et gravé par B. Picart.
Eisenberg, Reis, baron d'.Date: 1727 [1728]- Pictures
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A man remarking to his friend, while out hunting, that he has put on weight; the other replies he is simply following doctor's orders. Wood engraving by G.D. Armour, 1899.
Armour, George Denhelm, 1864-Date: 1899Reference: 15204i- Books
Cavelarice, or The English horseman : contayning all the arte of horse-manship, as much as is necessary for any man to vnderstand, whether he be horse-breeder, horse-ryder, horse-hunter, horse-runner, horse-ambler, horse-farrier, horse-keeper, coachman, smith, or sadler. Together, with the discouery of the subtill trade or mistery of horse-coursers, & an explanatio[n] of the excellency of a horses vndersta[n]ding, or how to teach them to doe trickes like Bankes his curtall: and that horses may be made to drawe drie-foot like a hound. Secrets before vnpublished, & now carefully set down for the profit of this whole nation / by Geruase Markham.
Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.Date: [1607]- Books
Markhams maister-peece·, or, What doth a horse-man lacke. : Containing all possible knowledge whatsoeuer which doth belong to any smith, farrier or horse-leech, touching the curing of all maner of diseases or sorrances in horses; drawne with great paine and most approued experience from the publique practise of all the forraine horse-marshals of Christendome, and from the priuate practise of all the best farriers of this kingdome. Being deuided into two bookes. The first containing all cures physicall. The second whatsoeuer belongeth to chirurgerie, with an addition of 130 most principall chapters, and 340 most excellent medicines, receits and secrets worthy euery mans knowledge, neuer written of nor mentioned in any author before whatsoeuer. Together with the true nature, vse, and qualitie of euerie simple spoken of through the whole worke. Reade me, practise me, and admire me. / Written by Geruase Markham gentleman.
Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.Date: 1610- Books
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A new method, and extraordinary invention, to dress horses, and work them according to nature: As also, To perfect Nature by the Subtilty of Art; which was never found out, but by the thrice noble, high, and puissant prince William Cavendishe, Duke, Marquess, and Earl of of Newcastle, ; Earl of Ogles Viscount Mansfield; and Baron of Bolsover, of Ogle, of Bertram, Bothal, and Hepple: Gentleman of His Majesty's Bed-Chamber; One of His Majesty's most Honourable Privy-Council; Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter; His Majesty's Lieutenant of the County and Town of Nottingham; and Justice in Ayre Trent-North: Who had the Honour to be Governor to our most Glorious King, and Gracious Sovereign, in His Youth, when He was Prince of Wales; and soon after was made Captain General of all the Provinces beyond the River of Trent, and other Parts of the Kingdom of England; with Power, by a special Commission, to make Knights.
Newcastle, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1592-1676.Date: MDCCXL. [1740]- Pictures
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One country doctor asks another to assist him in a post mortem on the corpse of one of his successfully-treated patients. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1883.
Keene, Charles, 1823-1891.Date: 1883Reference: 14282i- Books
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The gentleman's compleat jockey : with the perfect horse-man, and experienc'd farrier. Containing, I. The nature of horses; their breeding, feeding and management in all paces, to fit them for war, racing, travel, hunting, or other recreations and advantages. II. The true method, with proper rules and directions to order, diet and physick the running-horse, to bring him to any match, or race, with success. III. The methods to buy horses, and prevent being cheated; noting the particular marks of the good and bad horses in all their circumstances. IV. How to make blazes, stars and snips: to fatten a horse with little charge, and to make him lively and lovely. V. The whole art of a farrier, in curing all diseases, griefs and sorrances incident to horses: with their symptoms and causes. VI. The methods of shooing, blooding, rowling, purging, and prevention of diseases, and many other things, from long experience and approved practice. / by A. S. gent.
A. S., GentDate: 1700- Books
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The compleat horseman: or, perfect farrier. In two parts. Part I. Discovering the surest Marks of the Beauty, Goodness, Faults, and Imperfections of Horses; the best Method of Breeding and Backing of Colt's, making their Mouths; Buying, Dieting, and otherwise ordering of Horses. The Art of Shoeing, with the several sorts of Shoes, adapted to the various defects of Bad Feet, and the preservation of Good. The Art of Riding and managing the Great Horse, &c. Part II. Contains the Signs and Causes of their Diseases, with the true Method of Curing them. Written in French by the Sieur de Solleysell, Querry to the present King of France, and one of the Royal Accademy of Paris. Abridged from the folio done into English by Sir William Hope. With the addition of several excellent receipts, by our best farriers: And Directions to the Buyers and Sellers of Horses. Illustrated with several Copper-Plates.
Solleysel, Jacques de, 1617-1680.Date: 1702