Game Collection (#28)

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

Detail from the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, 15th century
Detail from the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, made in Tournai, currently in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 15th century

Detail from the Egyptian satirical papyrus of a lion and a unicorn playing a board game
Detail from the Egyptian satirical papyrus of a lion and a unicorn playing Senet, a board game similar to draughts

The Royal Game of Ur, from Ur, southern Iraq, c2600-c2400 BC. This game board is one of several with a similar layout found by Leonard Woolley in the Royal Cemetery at Ur

Amber Viking playing piece, 8th-11th century
Amber Viking playing piece depicting a man with a long beard from Roholte, Denmark. From the collection of the National Museum, Copenhagen, 8th-11th century

Greek terracotta statuette of an ephedrismos group, 3rd century BC
The two girls in this statuette are playing piggy-back as part of a ball-game. The statuette is probably either from Corinth or Tarenta, 3rd century BC

Greek red-figure astragalos with dancing figures, 5th century BC
This is a Greek red-figure astragalos (vessel in the form of a knucklebone) which was made in Athens. On the left is Aeolus at the mouth of his cave, dancing the dance of the clouds, 5th century BC

Terracotta group of knucklebone (astragalos) players, Hellenistic Greek, c330-c300 BC. The two figures play a game similar to the modern game of jacks. From the British Museums collection

Greek bronze mirror case with Aphrodite and Pan, c350 BC. Aphrodite and Pan are depicted with an incised drawing playing knucklebones, a popular childrens game. Said to be from Corinth

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

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

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

Norse chessman (Warder: Castle: Rook), Isle of Lewis, Scotland
Norse chessman (Warder:Castle:Rook), Isle of Lewis, Scotland

Norse chessmen, from a Viking hoard, Isle of Lewis, Scotland

Dice painter, Japanese, c1860. Bone carving

Federal (northern) prison in Fort Lafayette, New York Harbour, American Civil War, 1865. View inside one of the casemates

Encampment of central European gypsies also known as Egyptians, 1604. Artist: Jacques Callot
Encampment of central European gypsies also known as Egyptians, 1604. Deer are being butchered, and birds plucked. Women turn a cooking spit and tend a cooking pot over the fire

Ladies and gentlemen playing La Bouillotte, France, c1804-1814. French Empire scene with fashionable people playing the card game of Bouillotte

London terminus of the London and North Western Railway, Euston, London, c1860. Hand-coloured lithograph from a railway board game showing a busy scene with people

Childrens games in the 16th century: from left to right are shown rattle, windmill, hobby-horse, and boy blowing soap bubbles using a reed

Wall painting from the tomb of Nefertari, Thebes, Ancient Egypt, 19th Dynasty, 13th century BC. Nefertari (1292-1225 BC) was the favourite queen of Ramses II

A Waiting Game, 1886. Artist: John Tenniel
A Waiting Game, 1886. Lord Randolph Churchill (left) trying to make Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician, show his hand and let Churchill

A visit to a fortune teller, early 19th century. Artist: Isaac Robert Cruikshank
A visit to a fortune teller, early 19th century. Kate and Sue having their fortunes read in the cards (Cartomancy) by an old woman

Gallant Remarks, 1893. Artist: Roybet Ferdinand
Gallant Remarks, 1893. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 27th May 1893

Close-up of a Greek bronze mirror-back, showing Aphrodite and Pan playing knuckle-bones, from the British Museums collection

Aztec stone carving of Jaguar killing a Vulture, Hacha, Veracruz state: Mexico, 400-700
Aztec stone carving of Jaguar killing a Vulture, Hacha; Veracruz state, Mexico, 400-700. Associated with the Ritual Ball-Game of Central America

Faience, Glass and Ivory Playing Pieces from Egyptian Tombs, circa 1500 BC. Held at the Louvre, Paris

Wooden box for the game of Senet, Egyptian, c1300 BC. The box belonged to Imenmes, who is portrayed as the small figure on the right hand side.Imenmes (fl. c)

Roman painting on marble of ladies playing knucklebones
Roman painting on marble of Niobes daughters playing knucklebones, from Pompeii. Now in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples

Upper tiers of The Colosseum, Rome. 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

Resentment of Chinese in gold mining areas of United States, 1875
Resentment of Chinese in gold mining areas of United States. The Heathen Chinee was accused of cheating at cards. After print by Currier and Ives published 1875

Game of Billiards, 1807. Artist: Louis Leopold Boilly
Game of Billiards, 1807. Detail. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Golfing ephemera including The Popular Game of Golf, 1896. Artist: Parker Brothers
Golfing ephemera including The Popular Game of Golf, made by Parker Brothers of Salem, Mass, 1896. The interior of the box is a nine-hole course, and the wooden pieces are kept in a drawer at the side

Ladies fan, Horlicks advertising scorecard, postcard, c1910

Following a Bad Lead, 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain
Following a Bad Lead, 1870. John Bull exclaims Hullo, Gentlemen! Two Revokes! You ll Lose the game by Tricks John Bull, the representative of the British people

Blind-Mans Buff, 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain
Blind-Mans Buff, 1888. The policeman faces insurmountable odds in his attempts to catch the many villains operating on the streets of Britains towns and cities

Beggar my Neighbour, 1861. Napoleon III, in a game of cards with Palmerston, has laid what he believes to be a trump in the shape of the French ship La Gloire

Reform Snap-Dragon, 1859. This shows (clockwise from left) Lord Derby, John Bright, Disraeli and Lord Russell. All of them are playing a popular party game in which they run the risk of getting their

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