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1 painting : watercolour, with fine brush ; image 13 x 20.1 cm

A blacksmith fixing a shoe on a horse with the help of another man. Watercolour by an Indian painter.

The patient, a man, is seated on an anvil. He registers the pain he feels by gripping his shin with his right hand. In the background horseshoes hang on the wall

1 painting : oil on metal ; metal 20.1 x 17.5 cm

A farrier extracting a tooth from a man's mouth. Oil painting by a follower of D. Teniers II.

Travellers visit the smith in his workshop to have their horses shod. Engraving by A.H. Payne after Ph. Wouwermans.

Bill printed in black on white paper with red rules below. A horseshoe is in the centre at the top of the sheet, the text below from the centre to the right hand side. On the left is a small illustration of a horse being shod with two blacksmiths working at an anvil behind. A small illustration of a handplough is to the bottom right of the text.

Veterinary medical ephemera. Horses. Box 2

Dr. to John W. Skins, shoeing and general smith, Metheringham : all kinds of agricultural implements repaired.

"St Denis relates to Paris as Hammersmith formerly did to London: it is famous for its abbey, in which are deposited the ashes of many of the sovereigns of France. The urn supposed to contain the remains of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette was lately removed there. A maréchal (not a maréchal de l'Empire) is amusing his country friend with the latest news from the metropolis, whilst a provincial traveller is waiting for a cheap conveyance for himself and luggage. Stages to and from Paris are continually passing. These voitures have two wheels, and are of a singular shape, with three rows of seats holding two persons on each seat The vehicle is drawn by a horse in the shafts another attached to an out rigger, and travels tolerably quick. There are regular stands without the city for these conveyances, as they are not permitted to drive through the streets of Paris."—Peake, loc.cit.

1 print : etching, engraving and aquatint, with watercolour ; image 16.2 x 22.5 cm

A farrier at Saint-Denis is talking to a countryman as he shoes his horse; people are about to set off for Paris in a horse-drawn carriage. Coloured etching by R.B Peake and aquatint by R. Havell.

Medical Heritage Library

[2], viii, [5]-616 pages, [8] leaves of plates ; 21 cm

The modern farrier, or, The art of preserving the health and curing the diseases of horses, dogs, oxen, cows, sheep, & swine : comprehending a great variety of original and approved recipes, instructions in hunting, shooting, coursing, racing, and fishing, and a summary of the game laws; with an enlivening selection of the most interesting sporting anecdotes : the whole forming an invaluable and useful companion to all persons concerned in the breeding and managing of domestic animals / by A. Lawson ... ; illustrated with numerous engravings.

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A blacksmith fixing a shoe on a horse with the help of another man. Watercolour by an Indian painter.

A farrier extracting a tooth from a man's mouth. Oil painting by a follower of D. Teniers II.

Travellers visit the smith in his workshop to have their horses shod. Engraving by A.H. Payne after Ph. Wouwermans.

Dr. to John W. Skins, shoeing and general smith, Metheringham : all kinds of agricultural implements repaired.

A farrier at Saint-Denis is talking to a countryman as he shoes his horse; people are about to set off for Paris in a horse-drawn carriage. Coloured etching by R.B Peake and aquatint by R. Havell.

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A blacksmith fixing a shoe on a horse with the help of another man. Watercolour by an Indian painter.

A farrier extracting a tooth from a man's mouth. Oil painting by a follower of D. Teniers II.

Travellers visit the smith in his workshop to have their horses shod. Engraving by A.H. Payne after Ph. Wouwermans.

Dr. to John W. Skins, shoeing and general smith, Metheringham : all kinds of agricultural implements repaired.

A farrier at Saint-Denis is talking to a countryman as he shoes his horse; people are about to set off for Paris in a horse-drawn carriage. Coloured etching by R.B Peake and aquatint by R. Havell.

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