Amusement Collection (page 9)

Around the Campfire. Private Collection

A Summer Day, 1927. Private Collection

La barca dei comici: the Carlo Goldonis journey from Rimini to Chioggia, ca 1855
La barca dei comici:: the Carlo Goldonis journey from Rimini to Chioggia, ca 1855. Found in the Collection of Museo Teatrale alla Scala

The hunt lunch. Private Collection

Winter landscape with iceskaters. Private Collection

Breakfast in the villa, Between 1760 and 1799. Found in the Collection of Casa di Carlo Goldoni Venezia

Monstrous Development of the See Saw to Please Simple Minds, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume III, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Family Joke - leaving the Royal Yacht Albert and Victoria at Cowes, c1935 (1937). From Coronation Souvenir Book 1937, edited by Gordon Beckles. [Daily Express, London, 1937]

Bank Holiday - The Swings, 1920, 1920. Artist: Randolph Schwabe
Bank Holiday - The Swings, 1920, 1920. From Londoners Then and Now As Pictured By Their Contemporaries, edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1920]

View of the River Thames during the 1683-1684 frost fair, London, 1716. Eating, drinking and entertainment booths can be seen stretching across the ice

View of a frost fair on the River Thames looking towards London Bridge, London, c1715. Winters in Britain were often particularly cold in the 17th and 18th centuries

Interior view of a masquerade at the Kings Theatre, Haymarket, London, 1821

May Day in London Artist: William Blake
May Day (in London), 1784. Milkmaids with garlands and chimney sweep boys dancing outside a pewterers and a barbers premises in Milk Street

Gilpin going farther than he intended, 1784. Artist: Smith
Gilpin going farther than he intended, 1784. Gilpin galloping from right to left past the Bell inn, Edmonton. Mrs Gilpin and two others are looking from an upper window

Anglo-Gallic salutations in London, or, practice makes perfect, 1822. Artist
Anglo-Gallic salutations in London, or, practice makes perfect, 1822. Two Frenchmen meet on the pavement outside the door of the White Bear coaching inn, Piccadilly

The Humorous Diversion of Sliding on the Ice, c1745. Artist: Benjamin Cole
The Humorous Diversion of Sliding on the Ice, c1745. On the right a young man has slipped and hit his head where blood pours from the wound

The Merry Companions, 1783. A group of villagers gather in an inn, smoking and drinking. One man plays the violin while the others sing along

The last dying speech of Bartlemy Fair, 1855. Artist
The last dying speech of Bartlemy Fair, 1855. The cover design for this song sheet celebrates Bartholomew Fair held in West Smithfield which was suppressed in 1855

Bartholomew Fair, West Smithfield, City of London, 1813. Artist
Bartholomew Fair, West Smithfield, City of London, 1813

Tom, Jerry and Logic at All-Max in the East, 1821. Artist: JL Marks
Tom, Jerry and Logic at All-Max in the East, 1821. Figures including a coal-whipper are drinking and dancing at the Coach and Horses, Nightingale Lane, London

Sunday morning on the ground of the Farringdon Street extension, Field Lane, City of London, 1865

The Sailors Fleet Wedding Entertainment, 1747

A Mansion House treat - or smoking attitudes, London, 1800. On the right Lord Nelson, smoking a long pipe, phallic in design. He and Lady Hamilton are making metaphorical remarks on the subject

The beaux disaster, 1747. Artist: John June
The beaux disaster, 1747; a dandy has angered some butchers, who have revenged themselves by hanging him by the breeches on a meat-hook, to the amusement of the passers-by

The ladys disaster, 1747. Artist: John June
The ladys disaster, 1747; the hoop of a womans skirt has caught on a hook high up in a wall, and a small sweep boy lies on the ground looking under it while the crowed looks on in amusement

Brothers in law! or the finishing flourish of a City officer!!, 1827; showing the Recorder Newman Knowlys tied to a post and being whipped by Sheriff Farebrother using a cat o nine tails

The 3 Browns book d for Brighton, and only one place, c1830; showing an overcrowded Brighton coach about to leave the Belle Sauvage Inn, Ludgate Hill

Jubilee Venetian masquerade ball in Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea, London, 1749. Artist
Jubilee Venetian masquerade ball in Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea, London, 1749. People in fancy dress for a masquerade ball; some are dressed as monks and nuns, sultans or cossacks

Anglo-Gallic salutations in London - or Practice makes perfect -, 1835. Artist
Anglo-Gallic salutations in London - or Practice makes perfect -, 1835. Two Frenchmen meet on the pavement outside the door of the White Bear coaching inn, Piccadilly

View of a Skittle Ground at Hampstead, 1813. Artist: George Cruikshank
View of a Skittle Ground at Hampstead, 1813. Two scenes: above; five men sit or stand round a tabe with a punch bowl and glasses, some smoking pipes

Select vestry comforts, 1828. Artist: Thomas Jones
Select vestry comforts, 1828. Eight of the select vestry of St Paul s, Covent Garden dining in the vestry room. At the head of the table is the vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Dr George Richards

Undertakers regaling themselves at Deaths Door, Battersea, London, 1801. Print depicting the undertakers eating, drinking and making merry outside Robert Deaths tavern, Battersea Rise

Frost Fair, 1814
View of a frost fair on the River Thames in 1814, copperplate and letterpress printers can be seen at work on the ice and in the foreground a hot mutton pie seller is approached by two customers

St Georges Fields, Southwark, London, c1775. A large woman having difficulty passing through a gap in a fence, much to the amusement of the men near by

Columbus breaking the egg, 1753. Artist: William Hogarth
Columbus breaking the egg, 1753. Christopher Columbus demonstrates how an egg can be made to stand upright on a table. Prepared by Hogarth as a subscription ticket for his essay The analysis of

The laughing audience, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth
The laughing audience, 1733; showing the inside of a theatre and the reactions of different parts of the audience to the play

John Gilpin in Edmonton, London, 1785
Johnny Gilpin of Cheapside, going farther than he intended, a droll story read by Mr Henderson at Freemasons Hal(l), 1785; showing John Gilpin galloping past The Bell Inn, Edmonton

Sunbeam Motor Car Club Bognor Trial, 1929. Artist: Bill Brunell
Sunbeam M.C.C. Bognor Trial. Date: 3.3.29

Picnic at Boulogne Motor Week, France, 1928. Artist: Bill Brunell
Picnic at Boulogne Motor Week. Date: 3-9.9.28

Enjoying a picnic at the MAC Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb, Worcestershire. Artist: Bill Brunell
M.A.C. Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb. Enjoying a picnic

Lee Konitz, London, July, 1983. Artist: Brian O Connor
Lee Konitz, London, July, 1983

Michael Garrick, Watermill Jazz Club, Dorking, Surrey, May, 2001. Artist: Brian O Connor
Michael Garrick, Watermill Jazz Club, Dorking, Surrey, May, 2001

Dave Colton, Hawth, Crawley, West Sussex, 22nd October 2016. Artist: Brian O Connor
Dave Colton, Hawth, Crawley, West Sussex, 22nd October 2016

Epsen Eriksen, Watermill Jazz Club, Dorking, Surrey, 24th May 2016. Artist: Brian O Connor
Epsen Eriksen, Watermill Jazz Club, Dorking, Surrey, 24th May 2016

Bobby Worth, Splash Point Jazz Club, Eastbourne, East Sussex, 28th September 2016

Buddy Tate, London, February 1983. Artist: Brian O Connor
Buddy Tate, London, February 1983

Tania Maria, Fairfield Halls, Croydon, Surrey, July 1987. Artist: Brian O Connor
Tania Maria, Fairfield Halls, Croydon, Surrey, July 1987

Kirk Lightsey, Tenor Clef, Hoxton Square, London, January 1992. Artist: Brian O Connor
Kirk Lightsey, Tenor Clef, Hoxton Square, London, January 1992

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