Competition Collection (page 8)

The Battaglia dei Pugni on the Bridge of San Barnaba, Venice, 18th century. Private Collection

Judgment of Paris (copy), 16th century. Creators: Barthel Beham, Jacob Binck
Judgment of Paris (copy), 16th century

Great Skiff Race, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Great Skiff Race, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1844. Rowing race on the River Tyne:a grand skiff match for £ 180, was rowed between Coombes, the celebrated Thames waterman, and Henry Clasper

The Great Highland Bagpipe Competition, at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, 1844. The audience watches a performance of a Scottish reel by four dancers

Bow-meeting at Pradoe, near Oswestry, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Bow-meeting at Pradoe, near Oswestry, 1844. Competitors at...an elegant archery fete at Pradoe [in Shropshire], the delightful seat of the Hon

The Mat de Cocagne, 1845. Creator: Unknown
The Mat de Cocagne, 1845. Bastille Day celebrations in Paris....the struggle for prizes is carried on by means of a high pole fixed in the Champs Elysees, and the prizes

The Rival Whiskers, ca. 1824. Creators: George Hunt, Theodore Lane
The Rival Whiskers, ca. 1824. [" They look not like the Inhabitants o the Earth and yet are on t" ]

Contest Between Neptune and Athena, 1540-45. Creator: Antonio Fantuzzi
Contest Between Neptune and Athena, 1540-45

Grand archery meeting at York, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Grand archery meeting at York, 1844. Sporting competition at Knavesmire in Yorkshire:prizes to the amount of £ 125 would be shot for, at the several distances of 100, 80, and 60 yards

Mr. Smiths 3 years and 3 / 4 months old short-horned steer - prize £20
Mr. Smiths 3 years and 3/4 months old short-horned steer - prize £ 20, and silver medal, 1844. Exhibit at the Smithfield Club Christmas Cattle Show in London.From " Illustrated London

Grand Archery Meeting at Edinburgh, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Grand Archery Meeting at Edinburgh, 1844. Sporting event in Scotland. From " Pictorial Times", 1844

Mr Hudsons 3 years and 10 months old Hereford ox - prize £15, 1844. Creator: Smyth
Mr Hudsons 3 years and 10 months old Hereford ox - prize £ 15, 1844. Exhibit at the Smithfield Club Christmas Cattle Show in London. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

The Council Dinner at the Victoria Archery Rooms, the Trial of Implements at Swathling, 1844. Scenes during the annual show of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, at Southampton

Prince Alberts Angus polled ox, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Prince Alberts Angus polled ox, 1844. Exhibit at the Smithfield Club Christmas Cattle Show in London. Prince Alberts beautiful polled ox, of the Scotch breed

Thames Grand Regatta, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Thames Grand Regatta, 1844. Racing on the River Thames at Putney in south-west London. Saturday, the third and last days matches were attended by a very numerous assemblage of persons

Henley Regatta, Eight-Oar d Match, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Henley Regatta, Eight-Oar d Match, 1844. Rowing races on the River Thames in Oxfordshire. " The Diamond Sculls, " and the other scullers contests were, as an encouragement to rowing

Thames Regatta, Putney Bridge, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Thames Regatta, Putney Bridge, 1844. Racing on the River Thames at Putney in south-west London. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

Mr. Seniors 4 years and [?] months old Hereford ox - prize £20, 1844
Mr. Seniors 4 years and [?] months old Hereford ox - prize £ 20, 1844. Exhibit at the Smithfield Club Christmas Cattle Show in London. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

Koshikibu no Naishi (999-1025), from "Hyakunin Isshu"
Koshikibu no Naishi (999-1025), from " Hyakunin Isshu" (One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets), ca. 1768

A Contest between the Shepherds Alcesto and Acaten, ca. 1410. Creator: Master of 1416 (Italian)
A Contest between the Shepherds Alcesto and Acaten, ca. 1410

Ponte dei Pugni in Venice. Creator: Liberi, Pietro (1605-1687)
Ponte dei Pugni in Venice. Private Collection

Ponte dei Pugni in Venice. Creator: Heintz, Joseph, the Younger (ca 1600-after 1674)
Ponte dei Pugni in Venice. Private Collection

Golf on the Links, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Golf on the Links, 1898. St. Andrews Golf Course, one of the oldest in the world, where the game has been played since the 15th century. From " Our Own Country, Volume II"

A Pet Wild Cat, . Creator: Unknown
A Pet Wild Cat, 1900. Mr GW Mathieson of Chicago with what was probably the only domesticated wild cat in the world...He took the first prize gold medal at the Chicago Cat Show

Reaper & Binder Competition, Mount Blowhard, near Ballarat, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Reaper & Binder Competition, Mount Blowhard, near Ballarat, 1901. From " Federated Australia". [The Werner Company, London, 1901]

The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, London, 1923, (1935). Creator: Unknown
The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, London, 1923, (1935). Oxford wins the Boat Race!. Annual rowing competition between Oxford and Cambridge Universities, on the River Thames

Barrel-rolling championship, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Barrel-rolling championship, 1930. Le Championnat Des Rouleurs De Tonneaux. Front cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre". [France, 3 August 1930]

Amazing giant beetroot, 1929. Creator: Unknown
Amazing giant beetroot, 1929. Les Surprises D Une Betterave Geante. Front cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre". [France, 27 October 1929]

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

The Sokol Festival of 1938, (1947). Creator: Unknown
The Sokol Festival of 1938, (1947). Crowds watch a mass performance (or slet ) by competitors during the Pan-Sokol International festival in the Strahov Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia

The Race of the Spartan Girls, 1881. Creator: Unknown
The Race of the Spartan Girls, 1881. From " St. Nicholas: Volume VIII. Part I. November 1880, to May 1881". [Scribner & Co. New York, 1881]

A Lively Scrimmage, 1881. Creator: Unknown
A Lively Scrimmage, 1881. From " St. Nicholas: Volume VIII. Part I. November 1880, to May 1881". [Scribner & Co. New York, 1881]

Jousting match, 1929. Creator: Herbert Oakes Jones
Jousting match, 1929. Cover of the official programme of the Aldershot Command Searchlight Tattoo, held at the Rushmoor military barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire, in June 1929

German hot air balloon competition, 1932. Creator: Unknown
German hot air balloon competition, 1932. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air), cigarette card album produced by the Garba ty cigarette factory, 1932

Warriors playing a kind of polo, 19th Century. Creator: Japanese School (19th century)
Warriors playing a kind of polo, 19th Century (colour woodblock print). From a 19th century album of woodcuts

Show jumper falling off her horse, 1952. Creator: Shirley Markham
Show jumper falling off her horse, 1952. Shirley Markham (1931-1999) studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Central School of Art in London from 1950-1952

Front garden of 61 Barnes Avenue, on the Castelnau Estate, Barnes, London, 1930. This is an entry for a competition on the estate, showing a tidy and carefully planned garden

Garden at 187 Valence Wood Road, Becontree Estate, Ilford, London, 1929. Side elevation showing a garden which has been entered in a competition

Boat race on the River Thames for the August bank holiday, London, 1925

Head of the River for Schools, (rowing race on the Thames, London), after c1925. The start of a school boat race, with Albert Bridge in the distance

The Rivals, (c1827?). Artist: Robert Smirke
The Rivals, (c1827?), showing two women peering at each other with contempt

Blackfriars Bridge, London, 1783. Artist: I Wells
View of Blackfriars Bridge and St Pauls Cathedral, London from the south, 1783; showing boats racing on the River Thames. The cup for the winners was presented by Henry Frederick

The diversion of battledore and shittlecock, c1745, taken from an orignal painting in Vauxhall Gardens, London; an interior scene showing a man and woman playing a game of shuttlecock together

Standard Nine and Standard Flying Twelve at the Standard Car Owners Club Gymkhana, 8 May 1938
Left: Standard Nine 1934 1052 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. BGK436. Event Entry No: 1. Right: Standard Flying Twelve dhc 1938 1608 cc. Event Entry No: 2. Place: Standard C.O.C. Gymkhana. Date: 8.5.38

Standard Flying Twelve at the Standard Car Owners Club Gymkhana, 8 May 1938. Artist: Bill Brunell
Standard Flying Twelve 1608 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. HMG877. Event Entry No: 20. Place: Standard C.O.C. Gymkhana. Date: 8.5.38

1938 Standard Flying Fourteen at the Standard Car Owners Club Gymkhana, 8 May 1938
Standard Flying Fourteen Event Entry No: 17. Place: Standard C.O.C. Gymkhana. Date: 8.5.38

Two Standard Flying Twelves and a Flying Nine at the Standard Car Owners Club Gymkhana, 8 May 1938
Standard Flying Twelve 1937 1608 cc. Reg. No. GMX95. Entry No: 29. Left of centre: Standard Flying Nine 1936 1131 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. EMT925. Entry No: 25

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