Game Collection (page 19)

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

Building houses with cards, c1745. Artist: Benjamin Cole
Building houses with cards ; interior scene showing a group of men, women and children playing with cards, taken from an original painting from Vauxhall Gardens, c1745

Playing the game at quadrille, c1745
Playing the game at quadrille ; interior scene showing a group of men and woman playing a game of cards, taken from an original painting from Vauxhall Gardens, c1745

The Humorous Diversion of the Country Play at Blindmans Buff, Vauxhall Gardens, London, c1745
The Humorous Diversion of the Country Play at Blindmans Buff, Vauxhall Gardens, Lambeth, London, c1745; showing five figures playing with a blindfolded young man

The Exercise of See Saw, Vauxhall Gardens, Lambeth, London, c1745; showing a young man and woman on a see-saw. As the woman loses her balance she is thrown into the arms of another man standing

Flirtation, 1885. Artist: John Francis Rigaud
Flirtation, 1885; interior scene with a man sitting and eating, having returned from hunting; his quarry lies on the floor. A woman reaches for a kitchen utensil whilst turning to look at him

The Bubblers Medley, or a Sketch of the Times, 1720. Satire on the South Sea Bubble of 1711-1720. A bankrupt man behind bars praying, with mock brokers receipt

The Chimney Sweep, from Four and Twenty Toilers, pub. 1900 (colour lithograph). accompanies verse by E.V. Lucas (Edward Verrall Lucas) (1868 – 1938);

Lady Godinas Rout or Peeping Tom spying out Pope Joan, 1796
Lady Godinas Rout or Peeping Tom spying out Pope Joan, pub. 1796 (hand coloured engraving)

Winter Pastime, pub. 1855, Currier & Ives (Colour Lithograph)

Ice-Boat Race on the Hudson, pub. C. 1855, Currier & Ives (Colour Lithograph)

King Canute and Earl Ulf quarrel over chess, Roskilde, Denmanrk, 1026 (1913). Artist
King Canute and Earl Ulf quarrel over chess, Roskilde, Denmanrk, 1026 (1913). King Canute (c985-1035) was Viking King of England, Norway and Denmark

Automobile workers playing bingo at a carnival at Dearborn, Michigan, USA, c1938. Dearborn is the site of the Ford Motor Companys River Rouge Complex plant, built between 1917 and 1928

Mr and Mrs Ely Culbertson, American contract bridge players, 1931. Ely Culbertson (1891-1955) played a prominent role in the development of contract bridge in the 1930s

Playing Faro in the Orient Saloon, Bisbee, Arizona, USA, 1903. The man in the silk hat is Smiley Lewis, while John Murphy is dealing

Wild Duck Shooting, A Good Days Sport, pub. 1852, Currier & Ives (Colour Lithograph)

Sir Francis Drake playing bowls on Plymouth Hoe, 1588 (c1900). Artist: Trelleek
Sir Francis Drake playing bowls on Plymouth Hoe, 1588 (c1900). The famous game of bowls supposedly played by Sir Francis Drake whilst awaiting the arrival of the Spanish Armada

A game of dominoes in a miners welfare club, Horden, County Durham, 1963. Artist
A game of dominoes in a miners welfare club, Horden, County Durham, 1963. In a typical scene from a miners welfare club, a man looks none too happy with his selection of dominoes

Miners socialising at the miners welfare club, Horden Colliery, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, 1964. Miners old and young playing dominoes

Summer days, press advert, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Summer days, press advert, 1963. Summer days, A press ad from 1963 showing a carefree attitude towards life shot amongst the green fields of South Yorkshire

Kyleakin Harbour and Castle Moil, Skye, Highland, Scotland. Kyleakin is a village on the eastern side of Skye. The ruined Castle Moil guards the narrowest point of the channel between the island

Chilham Castle, Kent. This Jacobean manor house was built in 1616

Mont Orgueil Castle at night, Gorey, Jersey, Channel Islands. Mont Orgueil Castle (also known as Gorey Castle) was built in the 13th century to defend Jersey from possible French invasion after

The Chess Game (Portrait of the artists sisters playing chess), 1555. Found in the Collection of Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu

Erich Heckel and Otto Mueller playing Chess, 1913. Found in the Collection of Brü cke-Museum Berlin

The Game of Chess, c. 1508
The Game of Chess, c.1508. Found in the Collection of Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Chess piece, Mid of the 15th cen Artist: Anonymous
Chess piece, Mid of the 15th cen.. Found in the collection of the National Museum Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania

Epic Chess Match Between Pierre Saint Amant And Howard Staunton in 1843. Artist: Marlet, Jean Henri (1771-1847)
Epic Chess Match Between Pierre Saint Amant And Howard Staunton in 1843. Private Collection

Scene from the court of Christian VII. Artist: Zahrtmann, Kristian (1843-1917)
Scene from the court of Christian VII. Found in the collection of Hirschsprung Collection

Kittens Game, ca 1860-1870. Artist: Ronner-Knip, Henriette (1821-1909)
Kittens Game, ca 1860-1870. Found in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The Pentecost Bride Game, c. 1620. Artist: Brueghel, Pieter, the Younger (1564-1638)
The Pentecost Bride Game, c. 1620. Found in the collection of the Anhaltische Gemaldegalerie Dessau

Getting Ready for a Game, 1901. Artist: Larsson, Carl (1853-1919)
Getting Ready for a Game, 1901. Found in the collection of the Nationalmuseum Stockholm

Checkerboard and playing cards, 1915. Artist: Gris, Juan (1887-1927)
Checkerboard and playing cards, 1915. Found in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Family playing games in a field, 1937. From Verve - Vol.1, No. 1, December 1937. [Verve, France, 1937]

A Game of Hot Cockles, c1775-1780. Artist: Jean-Honore Fragonard
A Game of Hot Cockles, c1775-1780. The painting is part of the Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. From Masterpieces of Painting, edited by Huntington Cairns and John Walker

Night watch: the Fire Squad relaxes, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Night watch: the Fire Squad relaxes, 1941. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Peel - The Old Castle and Harbour, 1895. From Round the Coast. [George Newnes Limited, London, 1895]

Jersey - Gorey, and Mont Orgueil Castle, 1895. From Round the Coast. [George Newnes Limited, London, 1895]

The Croquet Tournament at Southampton, 1900. Artist: Stuart
The Croquet Tournament at Southampton, 1900. From Black & White Budget, Vol. III. [The Black and White Publishing Company, J P. Monckton, Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, London, 1900]

Game and play of chess, 1474 (1956). A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers Union

The Wall, 1926. Eton wall game is played on a strip of ground 5 metres by 110 metres next to a slightly curved brick wall erected in 1717. From Eton College by Christopher Hussey

Still Life and Dead Game, c1680, (1935). Artist: William Gowe Ferguson
Still Life and Dead Game, c1680, (1935). From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the Collection of Frederick John Nettleford, Volume II. - D to H, by C. Reginald Grundy

We Aim at Perfection and always hit the mark, 1907. Artist: John Swain & Son
We Aim at Perfection and always hit the mark, 1907. From The British Printer Vol. XX. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1907]

A pack of cards flying up over Alice, 1889. Artist: John Tenniel
A pack of cards flying up over Alice, 1889. Lewis Carrolls (1832-1898) Alice in Wonderland as illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914). From Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

The Playing cards painting the Rose Bushes, 1889. Artist: John Tenniel
The Playing cards painting the Rose Bushes, 1889. Lewis Carrolls (1832-1898) Alice in Wonderland as illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914). From Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Jack of Hearts, c1929. From Cir-Q-Lar playing cards, first edition. [John Waddington Ltd, Leeds & London, c1929]

Ace of Spades, c1929. From Cir-Q-Lar playing cards, first edition. [John Waddington Ltd, Leeds & London, c1929]

Joker, c1929. From Cir-Q-Lar playing cards, first edition. [John Waddington Ltd, Leeds & London, c1929]

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