Athlete Collection

The Athlete Wrestling with a Python, c1880-1882. Artist: A Gilbert
The Athlete Wrestling with a Python, c1880-1882. Etching of the sculpture by Sir Frederic Leighton. A print from Modern Artists, prepared under the direction of FG Dumas, JS Virtue and Co, London

Travel poster advertising winter sports in Arlberg, Austra, c1910. Private Collection

Athletes Frank Wykoff, Paul Hanni, Ralph Metcalfe and Jesse Owens, Berlin Olympics, 1936. Americans Owens, Metcalfe and Wykoff finished first

Triumphant Athlete, 1813. Found in the Collection of Accademia di San Luca

Sells Brothers Enormous Shows, ca 1885. Artist: The Strobridge Lithographing Company
Sells Brothers Enormous Shows, ca 1885. From a private collection

Murau, c1908. Private Collection

Italian national football team, Berlin Olympics, 1936. Italy won the gold medal, beating Austria in the final. A print from Olympia 1936, Die Olympischen Spiele 1936, Volume II

Jesse Owens at the start of the 200 metres at the Berlin Olympic Games, 1936. Owens setting off on the way to one of his four gold medals at the 1936 games

Franz Miller firing starter pistol, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Franz Miller firing starter pistol, 1928. Official at the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam. From " Die Welt in Bildern", (The World in Pictures), cigarette card album, c1928

Germany-Uruguay football match, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Germany-Uruguay football match, 1928. Georg Kno pfle (1904-1987) of Germany (left). Uruguay beat Germany 4-1 in the quarter-finals at the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam

Sumo Wrestler Ikuzuki Geitazaemon, 1844. Private Collection

The Football Players, 1908. Found in the Collection of Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York

Archaic Greek bronze statuette of a Spartan female athlete
Archaic bronze statuette of a Spartan female athlete, running and holding her gymnos. From the National Museum in Athens

Greek Athlete Throwing the Discus, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Greek Athlete Throwing the Discus, 1890. The Discus was one of the events of the ancient Greek pentathlon, dating back to at least 708 BC. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History, Vol

American athlete Betty Robinson, winner of the womens 100m, 1928. Creator: Unknown
American athlete Betty Robinson, winner of the womens 100m, 1928. Betty Robinson (1911-1999) was the winner of the first Olympic 100m for women

German swimmer Hilde Schrader, 1928. Creator: Unknown
German swimmer Hilde Schrader, 1928. Schrader (1910-1966) won gold medal in the womens 200m breaststroke event at the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam

Yoshiyuki Tsuruta and Erich Rademacher, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Yoshiyuki Tsuruta and Erich Rademacher, 1928. Japanese swimmer Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (1903-1986) shakes hands with his German rival Erich Rademacher (1901-1979)

Kurt Helbig, German weight-lifting champion, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Kurt Helbig, German weight-lifting champion, 1928. Helbig (1901-1975) won gold medal in the mens lightweight event at the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam

German runner Lina Radke, 1928. Creator: Unknown
German runner Lina Radke, 1928. Radke (1903-1983) was the first Olympic champion in the womens 800 metres, winning a gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam

Finnish runners Ville Ritola and Paavo Nurmi, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Finnish runners Ville Ritola and Paavo Nurmi, 1928. Ritola (1896-1982) won five Olympic gold medals and three Olympic silver medals

Chamonix Mont Blanc, 1905. Private Collection

Wrestlers. Artist: Falguiere, Alexandre (1831-1900)
Wrestlers. Found in the collection of Musee d Orsay, Paris

VII Federal Gymnastics Competition, 1907. Artist: Carpanetto, Giovanni Battista (1863-1928)
VII Federal Gymnastics Competition, 1907. From a private collection

Hans Heinrich Sievert, German athlete, 1936. Sievert compteted in the shot put, discus and decathlon at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles

Karl Schafer, Austrian figure skater, Winter Olympic Games, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 1936. Schafer won the mens individual gold medal

Shot putter, University of Nebraska, 1942. Creator: John Vachon
Shot putter, University of Nebraska

Paul Robeson, baritone, Washington, D. C, 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Paul Robeson, baritone

A Curious Specimen of Instantaneous Photography, 1888. Creator: Unknown
A Curious Specimen of Instantaneous Photography, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume38. July to December, 1888

The Boxer (Elwood Mc Closkey), DECEMBER 14, 1900. Creator: Samuel Murray
The Boxer (Elwood Mc Closkey), DECEMBER 14, 1900

Your Health is in Your Hands!, 1925. Creator: Yaguzhinsky, Sergei Ivanovich (1862-1947)
Your Health is in Your Hands!, 1925. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Nolan Shaheed Smith, 1979. Creator: Brian Foskett
Nolan Shaheed Smith, 1979

Plate LXXV (75): Male Athlete. From "Museum Florentinum"
Plate LXXV (75): Male Athlete. From " Museum Florentinum" (Statuae antiquae dorum et virorum illustrium), 1734

C. A. J. Queckberner, Shot Put, from Worlds Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen &
C.A.J. Queckberner, Shot Put, from Worlds Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

W. J. M. Barry, Hammer Throw, from Worlds Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen &
W.J.M. Barry, Hammer Throw, from Worlds Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

W. B. Page, High Jump, from Worlds Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen &
W.B. Page, High Jump, from Worlds Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

William Cummings, Runner, from Worlds Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen &
William Cummings, Runner, from Worlds Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

L. E. Myers, Runner, from Worlds Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen &
L.E. Myers, Runner, from Worlds Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

E. C. Carter, Runner, from Worlds Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen &
E.C. Carter, Runner, from Worlds Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

T. Ray, Pole Vaulter, from Worlds Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen &
T. Ray, Pole Vaulter, from Worlds Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

M. W. Ford, All Around Athlete, from Worlds Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen &
M.W. Ford, All Around Athlete, from Worlds Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

Duncan C. Ross, All Around Athlete, from Worlds Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

Captain J. C. Daly, All Around Athlete, from Worlds Champions
Captain J.C. Daly, All Around Athlete, from Worlds Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

Cephalus and Procris, probably 1680s. Creator: Godfried Schalcken
Cephalus and Procris, probably 1680s

Footballer, 1926. Creator: Lissitzky, El (1890-1941)
Footballer, 1926. Private Collection

Throwing the discus without turning, 1908. Creator: Unknown
Throwing the discus without turning, 1908. Lancement Du Disque Sans Tourner. Series of images using the technique of chronophotography, a predecessor to cinematography and moving film

Hockey Players, ca 1934. Creator: Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig (1880-1938)
Hockey Players, ca 1934. Private Collection

Olympic Games, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Olympic Games, 1890. The ancient games were also a religious festival, held in honour of Zeus, king of the gods, the first Olympics is dated to 776BC

The Dromos in Sparta, Restored, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Dromos in Sparta, Restored, 1890. The Dromos in Sparta, a sports ground for exercising and footraces, 5th century BC. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History, Vol

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