animals

Production still from the electronic field trip, "Rare Breeds". Close-up of a Red Devon Milking Cow. -- Media Collections. For more information about this field trip please see: https://www.history.org/history/teaching/resourcelibrary/index.cfm

Leicester Longwool lambs in the Custis Tenement pasture in spring.

Close-up of a Leicester Longwool sheep in a pasture in the Historic Area.

Detail of hands shearing a sheep in the Historic Area.

Historic Trades Farmers use a horse drawn plow to cultivate a field behind the Prentis Store.

A squirrel shares a pasture in the Historic Area with Leicester longwool sheep and lambs.

Two white horses and the Robert Carter Traveling Coach wait to take guests on their next summer time ride around the Historic Area.

A swallowtail butterfly is perched on flowers in the Lightfoot Tenement gardens.

Interpreters sit with their yoken oxen and wagon just before wagon rides begin on Palace Green.

Production still from the electronic field trip, "Colonial Idol". An interpreter strolls through the George Wythe House gardens while a grey and white cat keeps watch. For more information about this program go to: history.org/history/teaching/resourcelibrary/index.cfm

A black cat sits on the brick wall surrounding Bruton Parish Church.

Red Devon Milking Shorthorn cows and calves graze in a pasture.

An American Milking Devon cow and her calf in the pasture beside the Governor's Palace.

The oxen team of Mike and Pat pull a hay filled cart of used hay across the Palace Green in late winter.

An interpreter loads used had into a cart pulled by oxen team of Mike and Pat in late winter.

Valiant, a new Cleveland Bay foal born Sunday, April 28, 2019, frolics in a pasture in the Historic Area. Valiant is the first foal born to Colonial Williamsburg’s Coach and Livestock Department in nearly 16 years.

The Robert Carter Traveling Coach travels the road over the causeway to Historic Jamestowne (Jamestown Island) at sunset.

Leicester longwool sheep and lambs in a pasture in the Historic Area.

Leicester longwool sheep and lambs in a pasture in the Historic Area.

An interpreter rides his horse across a field in the Historic Area.

The Dunmore Town Coach drives past Wetherburn's Tavern, one of the original 88 buildings in the Historic Area.

Production still from the Electronic Field Trip, "Remember the Ladies". A young girl pets the nose of a carriage horse. For more information about this program see: https://www.history.org/history/teaching/resourcelibrary/index.cfm

"Sarah Jean", a red Devon calf, runs across a pasture in the Historic Area.

An ox in a Historic Area summer pasture. Oxen were an important source of power in the 18th century.

A Cleveland Bay peeks out between two trees in a Historic Area summer pasture.