Sportsman Collection (page 6)

The Football Players, 1908. Found in the Collection of Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York

Launcelot and Maroon, c1840s, (1911). Launcelot (1837-1861) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the classic St Leger Stakes in 1840

Dr WG Grace, English cricketer, playing for London County Cricket Club, c1899. Artist: WA Rouch
Dr WG Grace, English cricketer, playing for London County Cricket Club, c1899. Regarded as possibly the greatest cricketer of all time

Winston Churchill greets the England football team, Wembley, London, October 1941. Artist: London News Agency
Winston Churchill greets the England football team, Wembley, London, October 1941. The Prime Minister being introduced to the players by England captain Eddie Hapgood before a wartime international

A pause for instruction from film producer Anthony Asquith, Twickenham, London, c1932. During the making of the Gainsborough Pictures film, The Lucky Number

Arsenal FC captain Eddie Hapgood runs onto the pitch at Highbury, London, 1930s. Artist: Barratts Photo Press Ltd
Arsenal FC captain Eddie Hapgood runs onto the pitch at Highbury, London, 1930s. A left back, Hapgood (1908-1973) was Arsenals captain from 1933

Horseracing, 1888. Artist: Jean Louis Forain
Horseracing, 1888. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Cricket Match in Mary-Le-Bone Fields, 1748, (1947). Creator: Charles Grignion
Cricket Match in Mary-Le-Bone Fields, 1748, (1947). Men playing cricket at Marylebone Fields, (now part of the City of Westminster, London). This is the earliest known depiction of a cricket match

Classical athlete throwing the discus, (1908). Creator: Unknown
Classical athlete throwing the discus, (1908). Athlete Antique Lancant Le Disque. Ancient Greek naked discus-thrower, after a detail on a Panathenaic vase of the 5th century BC

The Jam Sahib of Nawanagar (Prince Rantjitsinhji)... First World War, January 1915, (c1920)
The Jam Sahib of Nawanagar (Prince Rantjitsinhji) in his Uniform on Active Service, First World War, January 1915, (c1920)

The Princes First Derby, 1896: His Royal Highness leading Persimmon, (1901). Creator: Unknown
The Princes First Derby, 1896: His Royal Highness leading Persimmon into the weighing enclosure at Epsom after the race, (1901). The Prince of Wales leads his horse as spectators cheer

Captain G Middleton, late 19th century, (1911). Creator: Unknown
Captain G Middleton, late 19th century, (1911). Portrait of British horseman William George Bay Middleton (1846-1892), equerry to John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer, who was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

Greek Athlete Throwing the Discus, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Greek Athlete Throwing the Discus, 1890. The Discus was one of the events of the ancient Greek pentathlon, dating back to at least 708 BC. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History, Vol

International Cricket Match at Kennington Oval, late 19th century. Creator: Unknown
International Cricket Match at Kennington Oval, late 19th century. Male spectators at a cricket match at the Oval cricket ground in Lambeth, south London

Lords Cricket Ground, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Lords Cricket Ground, 19th century. Thomas Lord opened his first ground in Marylebone, London, in May 1787. In 1814 the ground moved to its current site in St Johns Wood

Plum, 1903. Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Plum, 1903. British right-handed batsman Pelham Plum Warner (1873-1963) played for Oxford University, Middlesex and England during a career lasting from 1894 until 1920

Race for the Great St. Leger Stakes, 1836. Approbation - Off in good Style, (1837). Jockeys and their horses taking part in the St Leger Stakes flat horse race at Doncaster

Vale of Aylesbury Steeple Chase, Plate 2, c1836, (c1955). Creators: Charles Hunt, George Hunt
Vale of Aylesbury Steeple Chase, Plate 2, c1836, (c1955). Fleet Marston Brook, horse racing scene after Francis Calcroft Turner. Published by Ariel Press, London W1

Vale of Aylesbury Steeple Chase, Plate 1, c1836, (c1955). Creators: Charles Hunt, George Hunt
Vale of Aylesbury Steeple Chase, Plate 1, c1836, (c1955). Near Blackgrove Farm, horse racing scene after Francis Calcroft Turner. Published by Ariel Press, London W1

Canadian sprinter Percy Williams, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Canadian sprinter Percy Williams, 1928. Williams (1908-1982) won gold medal in the mens 100m and 200m races at the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam

Finnish runners Ville Ritola and Paavo Nurmi, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Finnish runners Ville Ritola and Paavo Nurmi, 1928. Ritola (1896-1982) won five Olympic gold medals and three Olympic silver medals

Chamonix Mont Blanc, 1905. Private Collection

Wrestlers. Artist: Falguiere, Alexandre (1831-1900)
Wrestlers. Found in the collection of Musee d Orsay, Paris

VII Federal Gymnastics Competition, 1907. Artist: Carpanetto, Giovanni Battista (1863-1928)
VII Federal Gymnastics Competition, 1907. From a private collection

Pretty Polly, 1901-1931, (1911). From British Sports and Sportsmen Part 1. [British Sports and Sportsmen, London, 1911]

A sumo wrestling bout between a pair of Japanese professionals, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

Fred Perry, 1934. Artist: London News Agency
Fred Perry, 1934. A print from Wimbledon Story, by Norah Gordon Cleather, Sporting Handbooks Ltd, London, 1947. (Colorised black and white print)

Minoru (Derby and 2000 Guineas winner), 1909 (1938). Artist: WW Rouch
Minoru (Derby and 2000 Guineas winner), 1909 (1938). Minoru pictured with jockey Herbert Jones on board. Also present are the horses owner, King Edward VII, Lord Marcus Beresford

The Rival Captains, 1906. Martin Bladen Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke of Towton (1860-1938) and Harry Meyer Archibald Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery (1882-1974)

Young Tony Hapgood shows his skills at Highbury, London, c1933-c19375). Artist: Topical Press Agency
Young Tony Hapgood shows his skills at Highbury, (1945). Watched by Arsenal footballers Eddie Hapgood (his father) (1908-1973), Frank Moss (1909-1970) and Alex James

England captain Eddie Hapgood receives treatment for a broken nose after a match with Italy, 1934. Tom Whittaker (1898-1956), the England teams trainer, treats Hapgoods (1908-1973) broken nose

Cricket at Moulsey Hurst, 1780, (1912)
Cricket at Moulsey Hurst, Surrey, 1780 (1912). Moulsey Hurst is located in what is now West Molesey, Surrey on the south bank of the River Thames above Molesey Lock

Johnny King, British boxer, 1938. Johnny King (1912-1963) fought a remarkable 225 times at flyweight and later, bantamweight, winning 149 times with 49 losses and 14 draws

Jack Doyle, Irish boxer, 1938. Nicknamed the Gorgeous Gael, Doyle (1913-1978) fought Jack Petersen for the British heavyweight title in 1933, but was disqualified for low punches

Arthur Danahar, British boxer, 1938. Born in Bethnal Green, Danahar (1918-1992) fought at lightweight and welterweight under the nickname the Irish Guardsman

Eric Boon, British boxer, 1938. Born in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, Boon (1919-1981) was known as Boy Boon or the Fen Tiger

Hans Heinrich Sievert, German athlete, 1936. Sievert compteted in the shot put, discus and decathlon at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles

Karl Schafer, Austrian figure skater, Winter Olympic Games, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 1936. Schafer won the mens individual gold medal

Jesse Owens at the end of the 100m at the Berlin Olympic Games, 1936. Owens after winning one of his four gold medals at the games

Tour de France, 17 July 1903. 1903 saw the first running of the Tour de France bicycle race. The event was staged over a 2428 kilometre route divided into 6 stages, finishing in Paris

Bobby Jones playing golf at the Shenvalee Hotel, Virginia, USA, 1930. Watched by a large and enthusiastic crowd, Jones, the foremost golfer of the period, plays a shot

Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer, postcard, 1900. One of the outstanding figures of early competitive golf, Old Tom Morris won the Open Championship four times, in 1861, 1862, 1864 and 1867

Bobby Jones on Golf, 1930
Bobby Jones on Golf, 1926. First edition of a book by Bobby Jones, the American golfer. In the space of 8 years beginning in 1922, Jones achieved enormous success in championship golf

An eight-oared shell boat and crew--race...Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1906. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
An eight-oared shell boat and crew--race between Harvard University and Cambridge (England) University, Cambridge, Mass. 1906

The Midnight Steeplechase near Melton Melbury--The Finish, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Midnight Steeplechase near Melton Melbury--The Finish, 1890

Joseph Coburn, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Joseph Coburn, between 1855 and 1865. [Irish-American boxer]

Edward Hanlan, (an oarsman), between 1865 and 1880. Creator: Unknown
Edward Hanlan (oarsman), 1865-1880. Hanlan, Edward (oarsman), between 1865 and 1880. [Canadian sculler, hotelier, alderman

Edward Hanlan (oarsman), 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
Edward Hanlan (oarsman), 1865-1880. Hanlan, Edward (oarsman), between 1865 and 1880. [Canadian sculler, hotelier, alderman

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