Enjoyment Collection (page 5)

The Amusement of a Shepherd Girl. Creator: Marie Madeleine Igonet
The Amusement of a Shepherd Girl

Gallant conversation (Conversation galante): couples engage in conversation in a garden setting, at left a musician plays for the group, at right a woman holds a reclining lap dog, 1743

Pleasures of Occupation. Creator: Cornelis Bloemaert
Pleasures of Occupation

Three Putti Dancing to a Piper, March 1, 1780. Creator: Charles Reuben Ryley
Three Putti Dancing to a Piper, March 1, 1780. After John Hamilton Mortimer

Fall Games - The Apple Bee (Harpers Weekly, Vol. III), November 26, 1859

The Laughing Audience, ca. 1800. Creator: Dent
The Laughing Audience, ca. 1800

Columbus Breaking the Egg, 18th century. 18th century. Creator: William Hogarth
Columbus Breaking the Egg, 18th century

The Laughing Audience, December 1733. December 1733. Creator: William Hogarth
The Laughing Audience, December 1733

Private Amusement, January 1, 1786. January 1, 1786. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Private Amusement, January 1, 1786

Bartholomew Fair, 1807. 1807. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Bartholomew Fair, 1807

The Tinker and Swinging, August 15, 1800. August 15, 1800. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Tinker and Swinging, August 15, 1800

Bartholomew Fair, February 1, 1808. February 1, 1808. Creator: J. Bluck
Bartholomew Fair, February 1, 1808

Merry Company on a Terrace, ca. 1670. Creator: Jan Steen
Merry Company on a Terrace, ca. 1670

Fairground attraction, 1910. Creator: Unknown
Fairground attraction, 1910. You would scorn the idea of chopping wood, but here you pay to go through the same motions, 1910

A Card of Invitation to Ranelagh, c1876. Creator: Unknown
A Card of Invitation to Ranelagh, c1876. Ranelagh House, built in 1688-89 by the Earl of Ranelagh was a fashionable, open air music venue and pleasure garden in Chelsea

Bacchus and Ariadne, 1907. Artist: Maurice Denis
Bacchus and Ariadne, 1907. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

Il Piacere (The Pleasure). L enigma umano (The Human Enigma) Triptych, 1900. Private Collection

Columbus Breaking The Egg, c1815. Creator: William Davison
Columbus Breaking The Egg, c1815. Explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) demonstrates how an egg can be made to stand upright on a table. [W. Davison, Alnwick]

Christopher Columbus cracking the egg, 1753. Creator: William Hogarth
Christopher Columbus cracking the egg, 1753. Christopher Columbus demonstrates how an egg can be made to stand upright on a table

The Laughing Audience, 1733, (1830s). Creator: Unknown
The Laughing Audience, 1733, (1830s). Scene in a theatre: men and women flirting (above), and the audience reacts to the play (below). Metal spikes separate them from the orchestra pit. [Jones & Co

Flowering Gum and Banksia, c1947. Creator: Unknown
Flowering Gum and Banksia, c1947. From " Perth - City of Sunshine". [Australia House Bookshop, London, c1947]

Surf Bathing, 1923. Creator: Unknown
Surf Bathing, 1923. From " Australia, New Zealand and Oceania in Pictures", by H. Clive Barnard, M.A. Blitt. [A. & C. Black, Limited, London, 1923]

On Board H. M. S. Calcutta, c. 1877, (1948). Creator: James Tissot
On Board H.M.S. Calcutta, c.1877, (1948). From " English Fashion", by Alison Settle. [Collins, London, 1948]

View near Newport, Isle of Wight, pub. 1822. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)
View near Newport, Isle of Wight, from Sketches from Nature, published 1822 (coloured etching)

Southwark Fair. (After Hogarths Picture), (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Southwark Fair. (After Hogarths Picture), (c1878). After Southwark Fair, 1733, by William Hogarth. A rowdy crowd is enjoying the festivities in Borough High Street, near St George the Martyr, London

Some Holiday, pub. 1925. Creator: Laura Knight (1877 - 1970)
Some Holiday, pub. 1925 (engraving)

Bank Holiday, pub 1924. Creator: Laura Knight (1877 - 1970)
Bank Holiday, pub 1924 (engraving)

Duchess of Devonshire and Child, c1786, (c1912). Artist: Sir Joshua Reynolds
Duchess of Devonshire and Child, c1786, (c1912). Portrait of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806) and her daughter Lady Georgiana Cavendish (Little G) (1783-1858)

Winter Amusements in Holland, c1760. Dutch scene, people skating and riding in horse-drawn sleighs on the ice. From Middletons Complete System of Geography

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

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