Game Collection (#27)

Koorai, a Fishermans Family, 1848. Artist: J Bull
Koorai, a Fishermans Family, 1848. Korean fishermen playing baduk (Go). An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Blind Mans Buff, early 19th century

The Sale of Nature, c1584-1637. Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Younger
The Sale of Nature, c1584-1637. From a private collection

At the Market, (detail), c1550-1537. Artist: Joachim Beuckelaer
At the Market, (detail), c1550-1537. Found in the collection of the Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia

New auxiliary post offices, Paris, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 14th May 1894

The Duke of York at a shooting party in 1922, (1937). A photograph from the Illustrated London News: Coronation Record Number, (London, 1937)

The Chess Players, 1903. Artist: Samuel Melton Fisher
The Chess Players, 1903

Chessmen, 12th century, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Chessmen, 12th century, (1843). Chesspieces carved in bone. The one on the left, possibly made in Iceland, is a king with beard and plaits and low trefoil crown

A Game of Cards, c1899. Artist: Francois Joseph Guiguet
A Game of Cards, c1899. A print from L Estampe Moderne, published in Paris 1897-1899. Private Collection

Inside the Colosseum, Rome, Italy. A Flavian amphitheatre built between 70 and 82 AD during the reigns of the emperors Vespasian, Titus and Domitian, the Colosseum could seat some 50, 000 spectators

Ottoman Coffee House, 1858. Artist: Amadeo Preziosi
Ottoman Coffee House, 1858

The Card Players, c1663-1665. Artist: Pieter de Hooch
The Card Players, c1663-1665. Found in the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France

Chapel Interior, Nobles Playing Chess, Thebes, Egypt. Wall painting of two Egyptian nobles playing a board game

Senet gaming board, from the Tomb of Tutankhamun, 18th Dynasty
Senet gaming board, from Tutankhamuns tomb, 14th century BC. Made from wood veneered with ebony and inlaid with ivory. The tomb of the 18th Dynasty Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun

October, wine-making, early 16th century. Grapes are pressed and wine is drawn from a barrel. Below: skittles with knuckle-bones. From a Flemish calendar in the collection of the British Library

The Return from the Hunt, 1505-1507. Artist: Piero di Cosimo
The Return from the Hunt, 1505-1507

Skittle Players outside an Inn, c1660. Artist: Jan Steen
Skittle Players outside an Inn, c1660. From the collection of the National Gallery, London

Blind Mans Buff, 1788-1789. Artist: Francisco Goya
Blind Mans Buff, 1788-1789. Found in the collection of the Prado, Madrid, Spain

Playing Cards and Siphon, 1916. Artist: Juan Gris
Playing Cards and Siphon, 1916. Found in the collection of the Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, Otterlo, Netherlands. Works of Juan Gris are closely connected to the emergence of cubism

The Age of the Worker, 1896. Artist: Leon Frederic
The Age of the Worker, 1896. Leon Frederic drew on contemporary and centuries-old influences to evolve his unique symbolist style

The Game Dealer, 16th century. Artist: Pieter Aertsen
The Game Dealer, 16th century. From the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia

Egyptian Chess Players, 1865. Artist: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Egyptian Chess Players, 1865. From a private collection

Dormez donc, avec des gaillards comme ca!, Siege of Paris, 1870-1871 (1871). Artist: Auguste Bry
Dormez donc, avec des gaillards comme ca!, Siege of Paris, 1870-1871 (1871). French soldiers relaxing in their barracks. After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan

Detail from the altarpiece of St Anthony, 16th century. Two soldiers walking through the landscape. Detail from the central panel of the triptych. From the Church of St Nicholas, Tallinn, Estonia

The Hare and the Rabbit, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Hare and the Rabbit, c1850. The central image shows wild and domesticted rabbits. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left)

Persian Miniature Manuscript Illustration of Polo, 16th century

Game of 58 Holes, Gaming board, 1000 BC. Fired clay game-board; incised with lines and perforated with holes prior to firing; used to play the game of 58 holes, also known as ?hounds and jackals

Amber Playing-Piece. Man with Long beard, from Roholte, Denmark, c8th-mid 11th century. Viking, Denmark, 47 mm high. National Museum, Copenhagen

Outdoor Game of Draughts in Union Terrace Gardens in City Centre, Aberdeen, Scotland, c1960s. Artist: CM Dixon
Aberdeen, Scotland. Outdoor Game of Draughts in Union Terrace Gardens in City Centre, Aberdeen, Scotland, 20th century, c1960s

French playing cards, 15th century
French playing cards, probably printed at Rouen or Lyons, 15th century

Detail of the west doorway of the Abbey-Church of St Foy, 8th century

Celtic iron age gaming pieces from the Welwyn Garden City burials, now in the British Museums collection

English playing cards commemorating defeat of the Spanish Armada (8 August 1588)
English playing cards from a pack commemorating the defeat of the Spanish Armada (8 August 1588), 16th century

Jeep Pack of playing cards from Belgium, 1940s

Detail of a Phoenician board for the Egyptian game of Tjan, 16th century BC
Detail of a carved ivory board for the Egyptian game of Tjan. Phoenician work from Enkomi, Cyprus, now in the British Museums collection, 16th century BC

An image on an Egyptian papyrus of draughts-playing, Anis Book of the Dead (sheet 7)
An image of draughts-playing between Ani and his wife, from Anis Book of the Dead (sheet 7). From Thebes. From the British Museums collection

Ladies and Gentlemen playing La Main Chaude, c. 1655-1665. Artist: Janssens, Hieronymus, (Workshop)
Ladies and Gentlemen playing La Main Chaude, c. 1655-1665. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Egyptian dice

Chess game on a summer evening in Kungstradgarden
A chess game on a summer evening in Kungstradgarden

Soldiers Playing Cards, 17th century. Artist: Georges de la Tour
Soldiers Playing Cards, 17th century. Found in the collection of the Regional A Deineka Art Gallery, Kursk, Russia

Counters and counting system, 16th century
Counters and counting system, from Munich, 16th century

A Butcher Shop, 1630s. Artist: Frans Snyders
A Butcher Shop, 1630s. Snyders, Frans (1579-1657). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Still life with a Swan, 1640s. Artist: Frans Snyders
Still life with a Swan, 1640s. Snyders, Frans (1579-1657). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Japanese painting of children at play, 18th century

A Warder - The Lewis Chessmen, (Norwegian?), c1150-c1200
The Lewis Chessmen, (Norwegian?), c1150-c1200. A Warder piece from a collection of ninety-three found at Uig on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Knights - The Lewis Chessmen, (Norwegian?), c1150-c1200
The Lewis Chessmen, (Norwegian?), c1150-c1200. Knight pieces from a collection of ninety-three found at Uig on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

A Knight - The Lewis Chessmen, (Norwegian?), c1150-c1200
The Lewis Chessmen, (Norwegian?), c1150-c1200. A Knight piece from a collection of ninety-three found at Uig on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Detail from an Egyptian papyrus showing a game of draughts
Detail from the Egyptian papyrus of Ani showing a game of draughts between Ani and his wife

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