Playfulness Collection

Cats playing with a chessboard. Artist: Goupil and Co
Cats playing with a chessboard

Peasant and Dog, 17th century. Creator: Frederick Bloemaert
Peasant and Dog, 17th century

The Sleeping Officer, late 17th century. Creator: Jacob Ochtervelt
The Sleeping Officer, late 17th century

The Musicians, c.1876-c.1877. Creator: Henriette Ronner
The Musicians, c.1876-c.1877. An amusing contrast can discerned in this lively scene by Henriette Ronner-Knip, renowned for her sentimental depictions of cats and dogs in domestic interiors

Mother and Children at the New Year, 18th century. Creator: Utagawa Toyoharu
Mother and Children at the New Year, 18th century. Detail from a larger artwork

The Idle Prentice at Play in the Churchyard: Industry and Idleness, plate 3, September 30, 1747

Old woman on a swing (Vieja columpiandose). n. d. Creator: Francisco Goya
Old woman on a swing (Vieja columpiandose).n.d

Blind Mans Buff, 1812, (mid 19th century). Creator: William Greatbach
Blind Mans Buff, 1812, (mid 19th century). A group of people playing a game - some young men take advantage of the situation to grab and kiss one of the women

People bargaining for mounts at West Smithfield, London, 1825. Artist: Theodore Lane
People bargaining for mounts at West Smithfield, London, 1825. Child chimney-sweeps covered in soot ride a donkey. A white horse panics

The First Leap, 1857. Artist: Charles George Lewis
The First Leap, 1857; showing Lord Alexander Russell on his Pony Emerald

The idle prentice at play in the church yard... plate III of Industry and Idleness 1747
The idle prentice at play in the church yard during divine service, plate III of Industry and Idleness, 1747; The idle apprentice plays hustle-cap with some pickpockets

Sailor with Crab, 1874. Artist: Hendricus Jacobus Burgers
Sailor with Crab, 1874. A sailor with a crab teases a woman attempting to shut a door on him

Sketch for Industry and Idleness - Plate III, 1747. Artist: William Hogarth
Sketch for Industry and Idleness - Plate III, 1747. The idle prentice at play in the church yard during divine service. The idle apprentice plays hustle-cap with some pickpockets

Playmates, 1868. Artist: George Cochran Lambdin
Playmates, 1868

Charity, 17th century. Artist: Cesare Dandini
Charity, 17th century. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

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