Game Collection (#9)

The Rhuddlan Royal Eisteddvod - Rhuddlan Castle, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Rhuddlan Royal Eisteddvod - Rhuddlan Castle, [in Wales], 1850. View of...the exterior of Rhuddlan Castle from the St. Asaph side of the bridge

The Rhuddlan Royal Eisteddvod in Rhuddlan Castle, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Rhuddlan Royal Eisteddvod in Rhuddlan Castle, [Wales], 1850. Harpists performing. About half-past ten the Welsh harpers struck up the air "Morfa Rhuddlan

Playing at Morra - Rome, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Playing at Morra - Rome, 1850. People playing the...Neapolitan game of Morra, in which one party suddenly holds up to view any number of the fingers of both his hands

Kim's Game, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Kim's Game, 1944. Scouts playing a game in which a selection of objects must be memorised. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

The Rhuddlan Royal Eisteddvod - the Procession to the Castle, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Rhuddlan Royal Eisteddvod - the Procession to the Castle, 1850. Cultural event in Wales. The Castle ruins cover about two acres and a half; and the lofty western walls, covered with moss and ivy

Wine Cellar with Men Playing Cards, 18th century. Creator: Gerrit Dou
Wine Cellar with Men Playing Cards, 18th century

Playing Card-Ace of Spades, n.d. Creator: Unknown
Playing Card-Ace of Spades, n.d

Playing Card: Ace of Spades, n.d. Creator: Unknown
Playing Card: Ace of Spades, n.d

The Guard Room - painted by L. Haghe, 1850. Creator: Walter Mason
The Guard Room - painted by L. Haghe, 1850. Exhibition of the New Society of Painters in Water-Colours. Soldiers playing cards, smoking pipes, engaged in conversation

Nymph Hiding in a Tree, plate eight from Paysages Dédiés à M. Warelet, 1764. Creator: Salomon Gessner
Nymph Hiding in a Tree, plate eight from Paysages Dedies a M. Warelet, 1764

Chess-Players, 1891. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn
Chess-Players, 1891

Scenes from Russian Folk Life, n.d. Creator: Ignatii Stepanovich Shchedrovski
Scenes from Russian Folk Life, n.d

Scenes from Russian Folk Life, n.d. Creator: Ignatii Stepanovich Shchedrovski
Scenes from Russian Folk Life, n.d

And then the whole pack rose up into the air, c1900. After the illustrations by John Tenniel. From Coloured Lantern Slides - Primus Junior Lecturers Series: No. 778. Alice in Wonderland. Chapter III

What do you know about this business?, c1900. After the illustrations by John Tenniel. From Coloured Lantern Slides - Primus Junior Lecturers Series: No. 778. Alice in Wonderland. Chapter III

King of Clubs from a deck of Goodall & Son Ltd. playing cards, c1940. [Goodall & Son Ltd. London, c1940]

King of Hearts, 1925. From De La Rue & Cos Pneumatic Playing Cards. [Thomas De La Rue & Co. London, 1925]

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

There is time to finish the game and beat the Spaniards too, said Drake, 1588, (1905). Artist: As Forrest
There is time to finish the game and beat the Spaniards too, said Drake, 1588, (1905). Francis Drake plays bowls before doing battle with the Spanish Armada

Group photo of men with musical instruments and playing cards, 1915. Creator: Unknown
Group photo of men with musical instruments and playing cards, 1915. Dorotea, Lapland

Hunting Deer A deer hunt near Deadwood in winter 87 and 88 Two miners McMillan and... 1888. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Hunting Deer. A deer hunt near Deadwood in winter 87 and 88. Two miners McMillan and Hubbard got their game []. Two hunters around camp fire; one cooking

Members of the Krasnoyarsk chess circle, participants of the telegraphic match between.... 1888. Creator: Lukhtanska
Members of the Krasnoyarsk chess circle, participants of the telegraphic match between the teams of Krasnoyarsk and St. Petersburg from 11 November 1886 to September 1888

Going to Klondyke, 1897. Creator: May Bloom
Going to Klondyke, 1897. The Klondike Gold Rush of 1898 was one of the largest gold frenzies in history. Tens of thousands of prospectors from around the world streamed north to Alaska

"Checkmate - Next Move", by J. C. Horsley, A.R.A. from the exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1862. Creator: H
"Checkmate - Next Move", by J. C. Horsley, A.R.A. from the exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1862. Engraving of a painting

The chess players in the sculptor's studio, around 1870. Creator: Joseph Eugen Horwarter
The chess players in the sculptor's studio, around 1870

Soldiers playing cards, 1880. Creator: Friedrich Friedlaender
Soldiers playing cards, 1880

The International Exhibition: carving in wood, "The Hare and Pheasant", by T. H. Kendall, 1862. The hare and pheasant which we here figure constitute a still-life group...It is by Mr. T. H

"Game and Fruit" by W. Duffield, in the Gallery of the British Institution, 1862. Creator: E. Skill
"Game and Fruit" by W. Duffield, in the Gallery of the British Institution, 1862. Engraving of a painting. This picture gives evidence of increasing inventive power

Bahram Gur in the Sandal Palace on Thursday, Folio 230 from a Khamsa... A.H. 931 / A.D
Bahram Gur in the Sandal Palace on Thursday, Folio 230 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami, A.H. 931/A.D. 1524-25

Portrait of a Boy, Probably of the Crossfield Family, ca. 1770-75. Creator: William Williams
Portrait of a Boy, Probably of the Crossfield Family, ca. 1770-75

The Chess Players, ca. 1475. Creator: Liberale da Verona
The Chess Players, ca. 1475

The Great Subscription Room at Brookss, St. Jamess Street, London, 1808, (1947)
The Great Subscription Room at Brooks s, St. Jamess Street, London, 1808, (1947). Interior of Brookss gentlemens club showing the segmental barrel vault ceiling

Plan of the Osaka Second or Summer Campaign, 1615. 1903. Creator: Unknown
Plan of the Osaka Second or Summer Campaign, 1615, 1903. The siege of Osaka was a series of battles by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan

Plan of the Osaka First or Winter Campaign, 1614, 1903. Creator: Unknown
Plan of the Osaka First or Winter Campaign, 1614, 1903. The siege of Osaka was a series of battles by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan

The Knave of Hearts and the Queen of Hearts, 1880. Creator: Randolph Caldecott
The Knave of Hearts and the Queen of Hearts, 1880. From " The Queen of Hearts", illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. [George Routledge & Sons, London, 1880]

The Knave of Hearts, Brought back those Tarts, 1880. Creator: Randolph Caldecott
The Knave of Hearts, Brought back those Tarts, 1880. From " The Queen of Hearts", illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. [George Routledge & Sons, London, 1880]

The spirit of London - Holloways London Gin, c1930s. Creator: Unknown
The spirit of London - Holloways London Gin, c1930s. Advertisement for a brand of gin. From a pack of corporate playing cards. [Reid Wright & Holloway (Distillers) Ltd. London and Glasgow]

A Fix - Black To Move, 19th century. Creator: Cheltnam
A Fix - Black To Move, 19th century

Only the Cats Head appeared, c1900. After the illustrations by John Tenniel. From Coloured Lantern Slides - Primus Junior Lecturers Series: No. 778. Alice in Wonderland. Chapter III. Who Stole Tarts

The chess tournament at the Cafe de la Regence (From Le Monde Illustre), 1874. Found in the collection of I. Turgenev Memorial Museum, Moscow

The Playing cards painting the Rose Bushes, 1889. Artist: John Tenniel
The Playing cards painting the Rose Bushes, 1889. Lewis Carrolls (1832-1898) Alice in Wonderland as illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914). From Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

King of Hearts, c1929. From Cir-Q-Lar playing cards, first edition. [John Waddington Ltd, Leeds & London, c1929]

Queen of Hearts, c1929. From Cir-Q-Lar playing cards, first edition. [John Waddington Ltd, Leeds & London, c1929]

La Gallina Ciega, (Blind Mans Buff), 1788, (c1934). Artist: Francisco Goya
La Gallina Ciega, (Blind Mans Buff), 1788, (c1934). Rococo cartoon produced by Spanish artist Francisco de Goya for tapestries at the Royal Palace of El Pardo

The Playing cards painting the Rose Bushes, c1910. Artist: John Tenniel
The Playing cards painting the Rose Bushes, c1910. From Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll. [W. Butcher & Sons, London, c1910]

Ace of Spades, 1925. From De La Rue & Cos Pneumatic Playing Cards. [Thomas De La Rue & Co. London, 1925]

The bowling alley, Sandringham House, Norfolk, 1910. A photograph from Supplement to The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 28th May 1910

Cricket at Moulsey Hurst, 1780, (1912)
Cricket at Moulsey Hurst, Surrey, 1780 (1912). Moulsey Hurst is located in what is now West Molesey, Surrey on the south bank of the River Thames above Molesey Lock

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