Pastime Collection (page 47)

The Carmelite Nuns in the Warming Hall, mid 18th century. Artist: Charles Guillot
The Carmelite Nuns in the Warming Hall, mid 18th century. From the Musee d Art et d Histoire, St Denis, France

Egyptian Chess Players, 1865. Artist: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Egyptian Chess Players, 1865. From a private collection

Marriage A-la-Mode: 2. The Tete a Tete, 1743. Artist: William Hogarth
Marriage A-la-Mode: 2. The Tete a Tete, 1743. The young nobleman comes home from a night of revelry at 1.20 am and ignores his wife who has been holding a card party. The steward walks out in disgust

River view in the winter, 17 century. Artist: Aert van der Neer
River view in the winter, 17 century

A Geisha Reading a Book, 19th century. Artist: Kikukawa Eizan
A Geisha Reading a Book, 19th century. From the Birmingham City Museum & Art Gallery

The Castle of Muiden in Winter, 1658. Artist: Abrahamsz Beerstraten
The Castle of Muiden in Winter, 1658. From the National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Soldiers at the Edge of the River, 19th / early 20th century. Artist: Etienne Prosper Berne-Bellecour
Soldiers at the Edge of the River, 19th/early 20th century. From a private collection

The Haymakers, 1880. Artist: Jules Bastien-Lepage
The Haymakers, 1880. From the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Old Man Playing with Child, 1635-1640. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Old Man Playing with Child, 1635-1640. From the British Museum, London

The Prodigal Son in the Tavern (Rembrandt and Saskia), c1635. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
The Prodigal Son in the Tavern (Rembrandt and Saskia), c1635. From the Dresden Gallery, Dresden, Germany

Dormez donc, avec des gaillards comme ca!, Siege of Paris, 1870-1871 (1871). Artist: Auguste Bry
Dormez donc, avec des gaillards comme ca!, Siege of Paris, 1870-1871 (1871). French soldiers relaxing in their barracks. After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan

The Waterfall at Tivoli, 18th / early 19th century. Artist: Hubert Robert
The Waterfall at Tivoli, 18th/early 19th century. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris

A Village Bullfight, c1812-1814. Artist: Francisco Goya
A Village Bullfight, c1812-1814. From the Royal Academy of San Fernando, Madrid, Spain

Reine de joie ( Queen of Joy ), 1892. Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Reine de joie ( Queen of Joy ), 1892. Reine de joie (Queen of Joy), a novel by Victor Joze is remembered today for Toulouse-Lautrecs poster and his cruel depiction of the books characters

The Water Feature of the Grove of the Museum of Marly, late 18th / early 19th century. Artist: Hubert Robert
The Water Feature of the Grove of the Museum of Marly, late 18th/early 19th century

Winter Scene with Ice Skaters, c1608. Artist: Hendrick Avercamp
Winter Scene with Ice Skaters, c1608. Busy frozen winter townscape. From the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Winter Landscape, 1630-1634. Artist: Hendrick Avercamp
Winter Landscape, 1630-1634. On a flooded frozen landscape people are skating, playing golf, fishing for eels, as well as going about their day-to-day occupations

Detail from the altarpiece of St Anthony, 16th century. Two soldiers walking through the landscape. Detail from the central panel of the triptych. From the Church of St Nicholas, Tallinn, Estonia

William Lee, English inventor of the frame-knitting machine, 19th century. Born in Nottinghamshire, Lee (c1550-c1610) invented his knitting machine in 1589

A British cycle club out for a country ride, 1895. The man in front on the right is riding a machine of the Rover safety type, while the rider following him is on an earlier type of bicycle

Gathering of the UK cycling clubs at Castle Inn, Woodford, Essex, 1 June 1889. After a day of cycling followed by an evening smoking concert the gathering took a Chinese Lantern ride to Walthamstow

Stocking frame workshop, 1750. Women winding and reeling the yarn, and a man working the knitting frame. From The Universal Magazine, London, 1750

Persian Miniature Manuscript Illustration of Polo, 16th century

Game of 58 Holes, Gaming board, 1000 BC. Fired clay game-board; incised with lines and perforated with holes prior to firing; used to play the game of 58 holes, also known as ?hounds and jackals

Amber Playing-Piece. Man with Long beard, from Roholte, Denmark, c8th-mid 11th century. Viking, Denmark, 47 mm high. National Museum, Copenhagen

Climbers on Shepherds Crag, Derwentwater, Borrowdale, Lake District, Cumberland, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Climbers on Shepherds Crag, Derwentwater, Borrowdale, Lake District, Cumberland, 20th century. Shepherds Crag is a fell above Derwentwater

18th Century Prebends Bridge, over the River Wear, Durham, England, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
18th Century Prebends Bridge, over the River Wear, Durham, England, 20th century. University rowing boats at Practice at one of three stone-arch bridges in the centre of Durham, England

Outdoor Game of Draughts in Union Terrace Gardens in City Centre, Aberdeen, Scotland, c1960s. Artist: CM Dixon
Aberdeen, Scotland. Outdoor Game of Draughts in Union Terrace Gardens in City Centre, Aberdeen, Scotland, 20th century, c1960s

French playing cards, 15th century
French playing cards, probably printed at Rouen or Lyons, 15th century

Celtic iron age gaming pieces from the Welwyn Garden City burials, now in the British Museums collection

English playing cards commemorating defeat of the Spanish Armada (8 August 1588)
English playing cards from a pack commemorating the defeat of the Spanish Armada (8 August 1588), 16th century

Jeep Pack of playing cards from Belgium, 1940s

Detail of a Phoenician board for the Egyptian game of Tjan, 16th century BC
Detail of a carved ivory board for the Egyptian game of Tjan. Phoenician work from Enkomi, Cyprus, now in the British Museums collection, 16th century BC

An image on an Egyptian papyrus of draughts-playing, Anis Book of the Dead (sheet 7)
An image of draughts-playing between Ani and his wife, from Anis Book of the Dead (sheet 7). From Thebes. From the British Museums collection

Egyptian dice

Chess game on a summer evening in Kungstradgarden
A chess game on a summer evening in Kungstradgarden

Soldiers Playing Cards, 17th century. Artist: Georges de la Tour
Soldiers Playing Cards, 17th century. Found in the collection of the Regional A Deineka Art Gallery, Kursk, Russia

Counters and counting system, 16th century
Counters and counting system, from Munich, 16th century

Japanese painting of children at play, 18th century

A Warder - The Lewis Chessmen, (Norwegian?), c1150-c1200
The Lewis Chessmen, (Norwegian?), c1150-c1200. A Warder piece from a collection of ninety-three found at Uig on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Knights - The Lewis Chessmen, (Norwegian?), c1150-c1200
The Lewis Chessmen, (Norwegian?), c1150-c1200. Knight pieces from a collection of ninety-three found at Uig on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

A Knight - The Lewis Chessmen, (Norwegian?), c1150-c1200
The Lewis Chessmen, (Norwegian?), c1150-c1200. A Knight piece from a collection of ninety-three found at Uig on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Detail from an Egyptian papyrus showing a game of draughts
Detail from the Egyptian papyrus of Ani showing a game of draughts between Ani and his wife

Detail from the Egyptian satirical papyrus of a lion and a unicorn playing a board game
Detail from the Egyptian satirical papyrus of a lion and a unicorn playing Senet, a board game similar to draughts

The Royal Game of Ur, from Ur, southern Iraq, c2600-c2400 BC. This game board is one of several with a similar layout found by Leonard Woolley in the Royal Cemetery at Ur

Amber Viking playing piece, 8th-11th century
Amber Viking playing piece depicting a man with a long beard from Roholte, Denmark. From the collection of the National Museum, Copenhagen, 8th-11th century

Greek terracotta statuette of an ephedrismos group, 3rd century BC
The two girls in this statuette are playing piggy-back as part of a ball-game. The statuette is probably either from Corinth or Tarenta, 3rd century BC

Greek red-figure astragalos with dancing figures, 5th century BC
This is a Greek red-figure astragalos (vessel in the form of a knucklebone) which was made in Athens. On the left is Aeolus at the mouth of his cave, dancing the dance of the clouds, 5th century BC

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