Game Collection (#29)

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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