High Wheeler Collection

Skeleton on a penny farthing. Composite x-ray of a skeleton riding a penny farthing bicycle represented by the coins it is named after

Cycling accidents, 19th century artwork C013 / 7905
Cycling accidents. 19th century artwork showing the various accidents that could befall the rider of a penny farthing bicycle

Engraving depicting a penny-farthing, also known as a high wheel, high wheeler and ordinary
5309444 Engraving depicting a penny-farthing, also known as a high wheel, high wheeler and ordinary, is a type of bicycle with a large front wheel and a much smaller rear wheel

Doug Pinkerton, high wheeler -2
Champion racing cyclist Doug Pinkerton racing his high-wheel, or penny farthing bicycle. First published The Sunday Correspondent Date: 1990

Doug Pinkerton, high wheeler -1
Champion racing cyclist Doug Pinkerton racing his high-wheel, or penny farthing bicycle. First published The Sunday Correspondent Date: 1990

Group riding penny-farthing bicycles, 1887 (lithograph)
1201953 Group riding penny-farthing bicycles, 1887 (lithograph) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Bicycling, c. 1887 (colour print)
5672330 Bicycling, c.1887 (colour print) by Sandham, Henry (1842-1912); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Penny-Farthing accident, c. 1890 (b / w photo)
1275402 Penny-Farthing accident, c.1890 (b/w photo) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The penny-farthing, also known as the high wheel, high wheeler or ordinary)

48 inch, cutout, cutoutfacet, high wheel, high wheeler, nobody, ordinary, penny farthing, vintage, Dorling Kindersley Prints, 933069768

A French soldier riding a penny-farthing aka a high wheel, high wheeler and ordinary, 19th century. From Ilustracion Artistica, published 1887

19th Century penny-farthing, artwork C018 / 7055
19th Century penny-farthing. Engraving of a penny-farthing bicycle from 1885. The penny-farthings, also known as the ordinary

Cycling, 19th century artwork. The men are riding penny farthings, while a woman is riding a tricycle. The front wheel of penny farthings was so large in order to gain sufficient traction when

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Step back in time and picture this: a skeleton perched atop a Penny Farthing, or high wheeler, in an eerie 19th century artwork (C013 / 7905). With its massive 48-inch wheel and cutout design, the Penny Farthing was a marvel of engineering, but also notorious for its dangerous instability. Ordinary riders, like Doug Pinkerton in images -1 and -2, braved the risk of grueling falls, as depicted in a lithograph of group riding Penny-Farthing bicycles from 1887 and a black-and-white photo of a Penny-Farthing accident from around 1890. Even soldiers, as seen in an 1887 illustration from Ilustracion Artistica, couldn't escape the thrill and peril. Experience the bold spirit of 19th century cycling through these captivating artworks and photographs.