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

Dorando Pietri finishing the first modern Olympic marathon, London, 1908. The marathon at the London Olympics of 1908 was run in ususually hot conditions

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

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

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

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

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

Les sports d'hiver à Saint-Didier Sport, 1935. Creator: Caplen (active 1920s-1930s)
Les sports d'hiver a Saint-Didier Sport, 1935. Private Collection

Sports d'hiver au col de Voza par St Gervais, c. 1930. Creator: Broders, Roger (1883-1953)
Sports d'hiver au col de Voza par St Gervais, c. 1930. Private Collection

Athletic sports by the Westminster scholars in their playground:...the hurdle race, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Athletic sports by the Westminster scholars in their playground, Vincent-square, [London]: the hurdle race, 1864. 'The public exhibition of these performances...proved sufficiently interesting to

Sports d'hiver au col de Voza par St Gervais, c. 1930. Creator: Broders, Roger (1883-1953)
Sports d'hiver au col de Voza par St Gervais, c. 1930. Private Collection

Sports d'Hiver dans les Vosges (Poster), c. 1930. Creator: Broders, Roger (1883-1953)
Sports d'Hiver dans les Vosges (Poster), c. 1930. From a private collection.

Footballer, 1925. Artist: Della-Vos-Kardovskaya, Olga Ludvigovna (1875-1952)
Footballer, 1925. Found in the collection of the State Open-air Museum of History and Architecture, Pereslavl Zalessky.

Les sports d'hiver à St Pierre de Chartreuse, 1930. Creator: Broders, Roger (1883-1953)
Les sports d'hiver a St Pierre de Chartreuse, 1930. Private Collection.

Chamonix Mont Blanc, 1930. Creator: Broders, Roger (1883-1953)
Chamonix Mont Blanc, 1930. Private Collection.

AI IMAGE - Illustration of Roger Bannister, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Illustration of Roger Bannister, 1950s, (2023). Bannister (1929-2018) was a Britlish neurologist and middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-4-minute mile

AI IMAGE - Illustration of Roger Bannister, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Illustration of Roger Bannister, 1950s, (2023). Bannister (1929-2018) was a Britlish neurologist and middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-4-minute mile

Foot-race at Canton by Coolies of the Military Train - sketched by our special artist and... 1858. Creator: Unknown
Foot-race at Canton by Coolies of the Military Train - sketched by our special artist and correspondent, 1858. On the Queen's birthday the English at Canton had a review in the morning

Athletes. Creator: Gosta von Hennigs
Athletes, unknown date

Athletes, 1912. Creator: Eugène Jansson
Athletes, 1912

The Statue of Jupiter at Olympia, published 1610. Creator: Antonio Tempesta
The Statue of Jupiter at Olympia, published 1610. From The Seven Wonders of the World, pl. 1

Skier, 1899. Creator: Giacometti, Giovanni (1868-1933)
Skier, 1899. Private Collection

U.S.S. New York, a champion boat crew, between 1893 and 1901. Creator: William H. Jackson
U.S.S. New York, a champion boat crew, between 1893 and 1901

U.S.S. Oregon, the athletes, between 1896 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Oregon, the athletes, between 1896 and 1901

Lytton, Neville, Honorable, portrait photograph, 1914 Apr. 12. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Lytton, Neville, Honorable, portrait photograph, 1914 Apr. 12

The Athlete Wrestling With A Python, after 'Sir Frederick Leighton, P.R.A. c1880-83. Creator: A Gilbert
'The Athlete Wrestling With A Python, after Sir Frederick Leighton, P.R.A.'. From "Modern Artists" by F.G.Dumas. [J.S.Virtue & Co Ltd, London, c1880]

St. Denis, B. Mr. 1913. Creator: Arnold Genthe
St. Denis, B. Mr. 1913

U of P, c1908. Creator: Edward Penfield
U of P, c1908. [Publisher: Harper Publications; Place: New York]

Unidentified Athlete, between 1909 and 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Unidentified Athlete, between 1909 and 1914
Unidentified Athlete, between 1909 and 1914

Bob Ellen, Champion Hurdler, Georgetown University, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Bob Ellen, Champion Hurdler, Georgetown University, [Washington, DC], 1911

Cornell, c1908. Creator: Edward Penfield
Cornell, c1908. [Publisher: Harper Publications; Place: New York]

Cornell, c1908. Creator: Edward Penfield
Cornell, c1908. [Publisher: Harper Publications; Place: New York]

Football player Jim Thorpe, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Football player Jim Thorpe, between 1910 and 1920. Athlete and Olympic gold medalist James Francis Thorpe was the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States in the Olympics

Zuger Berg- und Straßenbahn, c. 1910. Creator: Koch, Walther (1875-1915)
Zuger Berg- und Straszenbahn, c. 1910. Private Collection

Athletic Games at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich - Running High Jump, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Athletic Games at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich [in south London] - Running High Jump, 1850....the Gentlemen Cadets at Woolwich amused themselves and a large party of their friends

Volunteer games at Liverpool, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Volunteer games at Liverpool, 1862. A grand Festival...[was held] by the Liverpool Athletic Club at the Mount Vernon Parade-ground, on which occasion the champion's gold enamel medal

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

Canadian sprinter Percy Williams, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Canadian sprinter Percy Williams, 1928. Williams (1908-1982) won gold medal in the mens 100m and 200m races at the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam

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)

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