Rider Collection (page 100)

The Knight of the Cart (Sir Lancelot), 1344. From Le roman of Lancelot du Lac (The Story of Lancelot of the Lake), based on the tale of Arthurian legend by Chretien de Troyes (active 1160-1191)

Le cavalier masque, 1915. Artist: Guillaume Apollinaire
Le cavalier masque, 1915. The Masked Horseman. From a private collection

Le Cirque ( The Circus ), 1891. Artist: Georges-Pierre Seurat
Le Cirque ( The Circus ), 1891. This picture was exhibited in 1891 at the 7th Salon des Independants in Paris. During the exhibition Seurat died. From the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Charlemagne leaves Spain, Stained glass, Chartres Cathedral, France, c1225. Detail from the Charlemagne Window

The Education of Achilles: The Riding Lesson, 17th century. Artist: Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne
The Education of Achilles: The Riding Lesson, 17th century. Achilles riding master is a centaur, a legendary creature with the body of a horse and the torso of a man

Charles II Processing from the Tower of London to Westminster, 22 April 1661. Artist: Dirck Stoop
Charles II Processing from the Tower of London to Westminster, 22 April 1661. Charles II (1630-1685), King of England and Scotland from 1660, eldest son of Charles I (1600-1649)

The Infernal Machine, 24 December 1800, (19th century?). The most serious - and very nearly successful - attempt on Napoleon Bonapartes (1769-1821)

Memories of the trip from Paris to Cadiz - Alexandre Dumas (Pere) in Spain, 1830. Artist: Pierre Francois Eugene Giraud
Memories of the trip from Paris to Cadiz - Alexandre Dumas (Pere) in Spain, 1830. From the Musee Renan Scheffer, Paris

Siege of a town led by Godefroy de Bouillon, c1099, (14th century). Siege during the 1st Crusade (1095-099), showing Saracens firing arrows at Crusaders as they attempt to scale the walls with

Trivulzio Monument, c1511. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Trivulzio Monument, c1511. From the collection of the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, Windsor, England

Muslim warrior mounted on a camel, 13th century. Arab manuscript from the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Entry of Joan of Arc into Orleans, 1429, (19th century). Joan of Arc leads the French army and defeats the English siege of the city of Orleans

The Battle of Hastings, 1066, (19th century). Depiction of the famous battle between the invading Normans under William the Conqueror, and the Saxon army of King Harold in Sussex

Prince Baltasar Carlos on Horseback, 1635-36. Artist: Diego Velazquez
Prince Baltasar Carlos on Horseback, 1635-36. Baltasar Carlos was the eldest son of King Philip IV of Spain and his first wife, Elisabeth of France

Bacchus, 1560. Artist: Valerio di Simone Cioli
Bacchus, 1560. Statue in the Boboli Gardens, Florence, Italy. It shows Pietro Barbino, Cosimo Is court dwarf, as Bacchus, riding a tortoise

Devil on a horse, (detail). Fragment of a stained glass window from the Saint Chapelle. From the Musee National du Moyen Age (Musee de Cluny), France

Medieval cavalier, 16th century. Artist: Domingos Joanes
Medieval cavalier, 16th century. From the Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro, Portugal

Battle for a city, stained glass, Chartres Cathedral, France, c1225. Detail from the Charlemagne Window

Tournament in a Court of the Vatican, Rome, 1565. The tournament was held on the occasion of the marriage of the Count Annibale Altemps, nephew of Pope Pius IV, to Ortenzia Borrome in 1565

Entrance of Charles VIII into Naples, 12th May 1495 (19th century). From the Palace of Versailles, France

Battle, from the series 47 Faithful Samurai, 1850-1880. Artist: Utagawa Yoshitora
Battle, from the series 47 Faithful Samurai, 1850-1880. From a private collection

Entry of the Duchess of Orleans in the garden of Tuileries, 1841. Artist: Eugene Louis Lami
Entry of the Duchess of Orleans in the garden of Tuileries, 1841. The artist evokes a festival on June 4, 1837 in the honor of Helene de Mecklembourg, who had just married the Duke of Orleans

Medallion of Alfonso V Aragon, King of Naples and Sicily, 15th century. Artist: Pisanello
Medallion of Alfonso V Aragon, King of Naples and Sicily, 15th century. The inscription reads Venator intrepidus (The intrepid hunter)

The Elephant, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Elephant, c1850. The central image shows the Indian elephant in front and African elephant behind. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left)

The Ass, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Ass, c1850. The central image shows the ass or donkey (Equus asinus). Surrounding vignettes show animals (clockwise from top left)

The Camel, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Camel, c1850. The central image shows the Arabian Camel or Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) with a single hump, and the Asian or Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus) with two humps

Marconi Shares Scandal, 1913. Artist: Leonard Raven-Hill
Marconi Shares Scandal, 1913. In 1911 the British government decided to award a contract to the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company to erect state-owned radio stations across the British Empire

The Military Accelerator - Particularly Recommended to Cavalry Officers, c1820. Cartoon showing a suggested use for the Hobby-Horse or Dandy-Horse which was introduced into the British Isles in 1818

Wedding party on bicycles led by the bride and bridegroom, Nice, France, 1909. The party rode to the civil ceremony and after it was performed, remounted and rode off for the wedding breakfast

Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London, built for the Great Exhibition of 1851. Artist: D le Bihan
Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London, built for the Great Exhibition of 1851. Queen Victorias carriage can be seen in the centre

A British cycle club out for a country ride, 1895. The man in front on the right is riding a machine of the Rover safety type, while the rider following him is on an earlier type of bicycle

Gathering of the UK cycling clubs at Castle Inn, Woodford, Essex, 1 June 1889. After a day of cycling followed by an evening smoking concert the gathering took a Chinese Lantern ride to Walthamstow

Six early forms of bicycle, c1870. 19th century hobby horses, fore-runners of the bicycles, including the Dandy Horse, Gompertzs velocipede, the Dublin velocipede and the Bone-Shaker

Cyclist in busy London traffic riding a machine of the Rover safety type, 1895. Artist: Stephen T Dadd
Cyclist in busy London traffic riding a machine of the Rover safety type, 1895. A police constable looks on as the cyclist rides alongside a horse bus (omnibus)

Carpet detail, Man and Horse, from Tomb at Pazyryk, Altai, USSR, 5th century BC-4th century BC. At Hermitage, Leningrad

Breast-Strap Ornament from Riding outfit, Pazyryk, Altai Mountains, 5th century BC-4th century BC. The Pazyryk burials are a number of Scythian Iron Age tombs found in the Pazyryk Valley of the Ukok

Riding outfit from Pazyryk, Altai Mountains, USSR, 5th century BC-4th century BC. The Pazyryk burials are a number of Scythian Iron Age tombs found in the Pazyryk Valley of the Ukok plateau in

Chinese Tomb Figure of Horse and Rider, Tang Period, 8th century. The Tang Dynasty is generally regarded as a high point in Chinese civilization, and a golden age of cosmopolitan culture

Coptic Wooden Wheeled toy, Horse & rider, c640-1500
Coptic Wooden Wheeled toy, Horse & Rider. Coptic history is part of history of Egypt that begins with the introduction of Christianity in Egypt in the 1st century AD

Earthenware Vessel, Villanova Culture, from Bologna, Italy, 8th century BC. The Etruscan civilization is the modern name given to a powerful

Horse and Rider, Roman Mosaic, c2nd-3rd century. At Bardo Museum

Roman Cavalry and Auxiliaries, Trajans Column, Rome, c2nd century. Triumphal column in Rome, Italy, commemorating Roman emperor Trajans victory in the Dacian Wars. Completed in AD 113

Krishna, riding the Bird-God Garuda, fights the God, Indra (on an elephant), c1590. Garuda is a large legendary bird, bird-like creature

Horse Rider Detail from the Francois Vase, c6th century BC. Artists: Ergotimos, Kleitias
Horse Rider Detail from the Francois Vase, c6th century BC. Greek Vase signed by Clitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter), c560 BC. Large Attic volute krater decorated in the black-figure style

Horse and Rider, Greek Terracotta, 6th century BC. Held at National Museum, Athens

Shiva, one of the gods of the Hindu trinity (trimurti) with his consort Parvati, c19th century. Artist: A Geringer
Shiva, one of the gods of the Hindu trinity (trimurti) with his consort Parvati, c19th century. From L Inde Francaise

Gimcrack on Newmarket Heath, with a Trainer, a Stable-Lad, and a Jockey, 1765. Artist: Stubbs, George (1724-1806)
Gimcrack on Newmarket Heath, with a Trainer, a Stable-Lad, and a Jockey, 1765. From a private collection

Roman relief of a Roman cavalry officer riding down a barbarian, 5th century
Roman relief of a Roman cavalry officer riding down a barbarian, from the tomb of Flavius Bassus, 5th century

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