Animals

A bright red cardinal sits on a branch of the live oak on Market Square during an early morning snowstorm in the Historic Area.

A pair of interpreters guide a team of oxen towards the Gaol on a winter's day in the Historic Area.

Orange and red fall leaves hang from the trees in the Historic Area as a horse drawn carriage passes by on Nicholson Street.

Cleveland Bay foals Monty (l) and Valiant (r) greet each other in a Historic Area pasture last summer.

A coachman drives the Royal Governor's carriage past the Magazine on Duke of Gloucester Street on a summer day in the Historic Area.

An interpreter guides rams through a winter pasture behind the Gaol.

A spring Leicester Longwool peeks through a pasture fence in the Historic Area.

Spring Leicester Longwool lambs frolic in a pasture in the Historic Area.

A character interpreter portrays Nation Builder Marquis de Lafayette riding his horse across the green in front of the Governor's Palace. Colonial Williamsburg's Nation Builders portray real historical figures associated with 18th century Williamsburg who made significant contributions to the American story.

Interpreters use a horse-drawn plow in a field in the Historic Area as a carriage passes in the street behind them.

Leicester longwool sheep in the pasture behind Wetherburn's Tavern on a foggy winter day.

Horses run across the pasture behind the Gaol on a snowy winter morning,

Leicester longwool sheep graze in a pasture in the Historic Area.

A Leicester Longwool sheep on a snowy winter day.

Sheep (and a squirrel!) graze in a pasture in the Historic Area during the fall season.

Horses graze in a pasture in the Historic Area at sunrise.

A horse drawn carriage exits a drive at the St. George Tucker House.

Leicester Longwool sheep line up for dinner as an interpreter pours food in their trough in the pasture behind the Taliaferro-Cole House. The steeple of Bruton Parish Church can be seen in the background.

A team of horses pulls a wagon past the the Magazine. The Magazine is one of the original 88 buildings in the Historic Area.

A production still from the electronic field trip “Oney Judge.” This scene, filmed at the Governor's Palace, depicts actors preparing carriages, carts and luggage for departure from Mt. Vernon for Philadelphia. For more information about this field trip please see : https://www.history.org/history/teaching/resourcelibrary/index.cfm.

The Robert Carter traveling coach filled with interpreters travels across Palace Green with the Governor's Palace in the background.

An interpreter on horseback is silhouetted against a sunset on the James River.

Aerial view of the Market House showing interpreters bringing goods for sale to the market. A horse drawn cart pulls up to the site to unload merchandise.

An interpreter drives his cart past the St. George Tucker House, one of the original 88 buildings in the Historic Area.

Red Dorking rooster in the Historic Area.