Game Collection (page 18)

Les Joueurs De Bouchons, 1919. Artist: Jean Veber
Les Joueurs De Bouchons, 1919. From Modern Woodcuts and Lithographs by British and French Artists, by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, Paris, New York, 1919]

Game of chess. From the Shahnama (Book of Kings), 16th century. Private Collection

Soldiers playing Manille [card game] in the trenches, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

St. Patricks Island, Peel, Isle of Man, c1896. Artist: Chester Vaughan
St. Patricks Island, Peel, Isle of Man, c1896. From Pictorial England and Wales. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1896]

The Trials beginning, c1900. After the illustrations by John Tenniel. From Coloured Lantern Slides - Primus Junior Lecturers Series: No. 778. Alice in Wonderland. Chapter III. Who Stole Tarts. [W

Off with their Heads, c1900. After the illustrations by John Tenniel. From Coloured Lantern Slides - Primus Junior Lecturers Series: No. 778. Alice in Wonderland. Chapter III. Who Stole Tarts. [W

Mont Orgueil Castle, Jersey, c1896. Artist: Carl Norman
Mont Orgueil Castle, Jersey, c1896. From Pictorial England and Wales. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1896]

Hunter injured, pictorial composition of the drawings found in the cave La Saltadora Valltorta - Albocacer canyon, monochrome figure spot that has great dynamism

Hunter with bow and arrows, pictorial composition of the drawings found in the shelter of the Vieja, Alpera (Albacete), figure of stylized static type in black

Country Life and hand games, Illustration in De Sphera, illuminated manuscript, 15th century

Playing dice. Miniature of the Book of Games, manuscript, 1283, by Alfonso X el Sabio

Canas game, party in the Plaza Mayor on the occasion of the marriage of the Prince of Wales with Maria of Austria, painting by John Reed

Pensioners playing cards in the Mens Day Room, Lambeth Home for Aged Poor, London, 1935
Pensioners playing cards in the Mens Day Room, Lambeth Home for Aged Poor (renamed Elderwood ), London, 1935

Boys playing dominoes and reading at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900. Boys in uniform sit reading large books, left. Others sit in pairs playing dominoes. The room is bare and bleak

Relaxing in the Social Hall, Cosway Street Evening Institute for Women, London, 1914. Women and girls reading, drinking tea, and playing draughts

Geography lesson, Denmark Hill School, Dulwich, London, 1905. A teacher uses a globe to instruct an attentive class of young children

Number work, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1907. Children, divided into two groups sitting in lines down either side of the hall

Girls playing netball in the playground, William Street Girls School, London, 1908
Girls playing basketball in the playground, William Street Girls School, London, 1908. The girl with the ball is poised ready to shoot a goal

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

Banco to the knave, 1782. Members of the old and new ministry sitting and standing around a card table. This is a satire on ministerial changes

Smithfield sharpers, or the countrymen defrauded, c1787. Seven men round a card table in a Smithfield tavern include two countrymen, one old and sleeping

Scene at Almacks Assembly Rooms, London, 1826. Petitioners for admission at Almack s, they even stooped to the most degrading submission to obtain tickets

Men playing swill at Mulberry Garden, Clerkenwell, London, c1750. View with decorative title below

View of University College Schools playground with University College to the right, 1833. The playground is teeming with boys playing a variety of games

Eglinton Tournament, the Tilt-Yard of the 19th century, near the Regents Park, London, 1839. The tournament consisted of medieval fun and games for the nobility and their ladies

View of The Royal Archers in Finsbury Fields, c1750

Summer amusement, possibly at White Conduit House, Islington, London, c1784. View of a tea garden showing people playing bat, trap and ball

Political Chess, 1887. Artist: Tom Merry
Political Chess, 1887. Charles Parnell and WH Smith at the chess board; Smith, on the right, says Check and Parnell, his hand to his forehand, scans the pieces and says Confound him

Night, part IV of Cockneys contemplating on the exploits of the day, 1800. Artist
Night, part IV of Cockneys contemplating on the exploits of the day, 1800; showing three cits seated exhausted at a table contemplating their days shooting. There is a pile of game on the floor

Cockney Sportsmen, London, 1800. Artist: James Gillray
Cockney Sportsmen, London, 1800. View of a young city gent advancing towards the carcass of a horse beset by many crows. His gun which is reversed, goes off peppering the posterior of his fat friend

Perambulators in Hyde Park!, London, 1819
Perambulators in Hyde Park! London, 1819; pedestrians and chickens fall and scatter before cyclists

Gambols on the River Thames, Feby, 1814. Artist: George Cruikshank
Gambols on the River Thames, Feby, 1814, shows a frost fair in the region of Blackfriars Bridge, London. To the right a waterman watches another man play skittles

The giant-factotum amusing himself - William Pitt, 1797. Artist: James Gillray
The giant-factotum amusing himself, 1797; showing William Pitt bestriding the Speakers chair in the House of Commons, towering high above the galleries, playing cup and ball with the globe

Copenhagen House, Copenhagen Fields, Islington, London, 1783; south east view of the house. In the foreground are a number of figures

Dulwich College, Camberwell, London, 1790. Artist: Taylor
Dulwich College, Camberwell, London, London, 1790; view of Dulwich College with figures and sheep in the foreground. In the middle distance a pair of figures play with a bat and ball

Children playing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, Flint Street School, Southwark, London, 1908. Children hold hands and form circles as they play a dancing game organised by their teachers in

Finsbury Fields, London, c1600; view of archers and spectators

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

Magisterial oeconomy... 1779. Artist: John Nixon
Magisterial oeconomy... 1779. A reception at Mansion House. The clock shows it to be midnight, and the Lord Mayor directs the footmen to extinguish the candles with bellows and snuffers

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

Coleman Street, London, 1823
View of house in Pitchers Court, Little Bell Alley near Coleman Street, London, 1823. Depicts two women, a washing line and two boys playing marbles.This was once the residence of the poet Robert

Christs Hospital, London, c1825
View of the Great Hall of Christs Hospital, London, 1825. Depicts pupils playing in the forecourt

Christs Hospital, London, 1784. Artist: James Record
View of Christs Hospital school playground, London, 1784; with school children playing

Regents Park, Marylebone, London, 1840
View in Regents Park, London showing figures wearing winter fashions for 1840 and 1841. A troop of soldiers, possibly Household Cavalry, parade down the street on horseback

The Bruiser Bruis d, 1750; showing James Broughton and another fighter at Marylebone Fields, which were notorious for violence at this time. The lower margin contains verse

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

View of London, 1809
Central oval view of the City of London from the south bank of the River Thames, 1809; surrounded by fifty views related to London

Kings Bench Prison, Southwark, London, c1825. Artist: Theodore Lane
View of the yard at Kings Bench Prison, Southwark, London, c1825; showing figures playing with rackets and balls, whilst spectators watch from the windows above

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