Game Collection (#24)

Chess and Cards, c1850s. Detail from a stereoscopic card

Evenings at Home, 19th century. Detail from a stereoscopic card

Mr Morphy, the Celebrated Chessplayer, 19th century. Paul Morphy (1837-1884) was an American chess prodigy who went on to become the most celebrated chess master of his time

A Game of Chess, c1900s-c1910s(?)

Chess, 1850s. Stereoscopic card

A Game of Cards, 19th century. Stereoscopic card

The Card Game, c1850. Stereoscopic card

Card game, 19th century. Stereoscopic card

Gertie Millar, British actress and singer, c1905. Artist: Rotary Photo
Gertie Millar, British actress and singer, c1905. Millar (1879-1952) was a singer and actress of the late 19th and early 20th century, famous for her performances in musical comedies

Playing shuffleboard on a Cunard Line cruise to the West Indies, January-March 1931. A woman passenger playing shuffleboard on the boat deck

The North Cape Stakes, entertainment on board the Blue Star Lines SS Arandora Star, 1929. The Arandora Star was a cruise liner. Norway was a frequent destination for the ship

Introductions before a RAF vs Metropolitan Police football match, Wembley, London, 1942. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Phillip Game (1876-1961) is introduced to the RAF team before the match

Men relaxing, Cairo, Egypt, c1922. Artist: Donald McLeish
Men relaxing, Cairo, Egypt, c1922. Smoking hookahs and playing a board game. A print from Peoples of all Nationa, Volume III, edited by J A Hammerton, The Fleetway House, London, c1922

Playing cards of the French Republic, 1790 (1882-1884). Playing cards with allegories in place of the more traditional kings, queens and knaves

Sioux ball players, 1841. Artist: Myers and Co
Sioux ball players, 1841. A print from Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, by Wiley and Putnam, 161 Broadway, New York, 1841

Chess: Death checkmating a king, c1400 (1956). A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers Union

King of Diamonds from a French pack of playing cards, c1500 (1956). A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential

The March of Intellect, or, Old Bull in a Fix, (Now Grandfather its your move). Stereoscope Detail

The Chess Players. Stereoscope Detail

A pleasant interruption. Two men in 18th century costume interrupted by a woman bringing them drinks

Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, and Lady Fitzharding, c1702 (1906). Barbara, Lady Fitzharding was a close friend of the Duchess of Marlborough. From the original painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller

A Romp after Dinner, 1887. Artist: Henry Towneley Green
A Romp after Dinner, 1887. A man playing blind mans buff with a group of children. A print from The Illustrated London News, 15th January 1887

Hindu nautches playing cards, India, early 20th century

Feudal castle of the proud Shoguns, Osaka, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Feudal castle of the proud Shoguns, Osaka, Japan, 1904. One of the most famous castles in Japan, Osaka Castle was built in the late 16th century by the Toyotomi clan

Advert for Twink dye, 1922. A print from The Sphere, 27th November 1922

Backgammon Players. Painting in the style of the 17th century Flemish painter David Teniers the Younger

Three men playing cards, Uruguay, c1900s

Kenyan men playing cards, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

The Great Mogul

The Australian-touring English cricket team of 1911-1912. Artist: CA Petts
The Australian-touring English cricket team of 1911-1912. From Imperial Cricket, edited by P F Warner and published by The London and Counties Press Association Ltd (London, 1912)

The first English cricket team to visit Australia, 1861-1862 (1912). From Imperial Cricket, edited by P F Warner and published by The London and Counties Press Association Ltd (London, 1912)

The arrival of the first English cricket team in Australia, 1861 (1912)
The arrival of the first English cricket team in Australia, 24 December 1861 (1912). From Imperial Cricket, edited by P F Warner and published by The London and Counties Press Association Ltd

The Phoenix Park cricket ground, Dublin, 1912. Artist: D Arcy
The Phoenix Park cricket ground, Dublin, 1912. From Imperial Cricket, edited by P F Warner and published by The London and Counties Press Association Ltd (London, 1912)

A country cricket match, 19th century (1912). Artist: Henry Dixon
A country cricket match, 19th century (1912). From Imperial Cricket, edited by P F Warner and published by The London and Counties Press Association Ltd (London, 1912)

A cricket match, 18th century (1912). Artist: George Morland
A cricket match, 18th century (1912). From Imperial Cricket, edited by P F Warner and published by The London and Counties Press Association Ltd (London, 1912)

A cricket match in progress at Kennington Oval, London, 1848 (1912). From Imperial Cricket, edited by P F Warner and published by The London and Counties Press Association Ltd (London, 1912)

James Henry Dark (1795-1871), cricketer, 1912. From Imperial Cricket, edited by P F Warner and published by The London and Counties Press Association Ltd (London, 1912)

Lords cricket ground, London, 1836 (1912). From Imperial Cricket, edited by P F Warner and published by The London and Counties Press Association Ltd (London, 1912)

Flyer advertising a cricket match between Hampshire and England, 1819 ((1912). From Imperial Cricket, edited by P F Warner and published by The London and Counties Press Association Ltd (London, 1912)

Surrey Cricketers, 1852 (1912). From Imperial Cricket, edited by P F Warner and published by The London and Counties Press Association Ltd (London, 1912)

A cricket theme for a menu card design, 1911 (1912). Artist: George Hillyard Swinstead
A cricket theme for a menu card design, 1912. This card was produced for the dinner given by the MCC to their team which toured Australia in 1911-1912

A ladies cricket match, Newington Green, Islington, London, 1811 (1912). From Imperial Cricket, edited by P F Warner and published by The London and Counties Press Association Ltd (London, 1912)

Kensington House (Palace), London, 1776 (1912). From Imperial Cricket, edited by P F Warner and published by The London and Counties Press Association Ltd (London, 1912)

George, the Prince of Wales (1762-1830), the future King George IV, 18th century (1912). George IV was king of Great Britain and Ireland between 1820 and 1830

The Prince of Wales (1894-1972), the future King Edward VIII, 1912. Artist: Rose Burrant
The Prince of Wales (1894-1972), the future King Edward VIII, 1912. On the death of his father, King George V, in January 1936, Prince Edward was proclaimed King Edward VIII

Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein (1867-1900), 19th century (1912). Artist: Lafayette
Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein (1867-1900), 19th century (1912). Prince Christian Victor was the eldest son of Princess Helena, the third daughter of Queen Victoria

Madingley Hall, Madingley, Cambridgeshire, 19th century (1912). Madingley Hall was built by Sir John Hynde in 1543 and occupied by his descendants until the 1860s. It is surrounded by parkland

Frederick Louis (1707-1751), Prince of Wales, 18th century (1912). Prince Frederick was the eldest son of George II. He was born into the House of Hanover

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