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Historic Fancy Dress Ball at Devonshire House, London, showing the Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, the Duke of Devonshire, Miss Knollys and the Duchess of Devonshire. 1897
Origin of croquet and billiards, 14th centuryGame played with ball, stick, hoop and target (the origin of billiards and croquet), 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Miss Modern magazine fortune tellerFront cover of Miss Modern magazine for November 1931, featuring a young gipsy fortune teller with a crystal ball (and the free gipsy ring, found FREE inside the magazine!). Date: 1931
Jewels of Empire Ball - Lady Diana CooperLady Diana Cooper (nee Manners), leader of the Diamond group at the Jewels of Empire Ball, held at the Park Lane Hotel in aid of Enham Village Centre for Disabled Ex-Service Men
Lady Malcolms Great Servants Ball, Albert Hall, LondonLady Malcolms Great Servants Ball, Royal Albert Hall, London. Wife of Sir Ian Malcolm, she is seen here welcoming her guests to the annual ball
Young Girl in a white dress holding a small racquet and ballCabinet Photograph of a young girl in a white dress holding a small racquet and ball Date: circa 1890s
Preston North End Football Team: Tait, Trainer, Holmes, Houghton, Sharp, Sanders, Orr, Barton, Henderson, Pearce, Brown, Cunningham, Blythe. 1890s
Carpet bowlsOne of five glazed earthenware bowls in a set of carpet bowls. Painted with intersecting stripes in various colours on a white ground, thought to date c.1850-1900. Date: 1850-1900
Miss Margaret Whigham and her parentsMiss Margaret Whigham, later Mrs Charles Sweeny and then Duchess of Argyll, pictured with her parents Mr and Mrs George Hay Whigham at a a ball they held at their house, Queens Hill
First Court of the London Season at Buckingham Palace, 1922A cut-away diagram of Buckingham Palace showing where the first court of the London Season, 1922. The entry for those attending Court was by way of the West Portico entrance
Greenwich Observatory and Time Ball Victorian period
Finding a Golf BallIllustration of a young golfer recovering his golf ball from a stream. Date: 1933
Cinderella And Her Glass Slipper Pantomime Earlycinderella, and, her, glass, slipper, pantomime, early, woodcut, print, engravings, story, scenes, coach, dancing, prince, charming, ball, dance, dress, dressing, 13944175
Children bouncing balls, early 1900s
Botany tops in a woollen mill in Bradford, Yorkshire, late Victorian period
RMS Mauretania Ball Room (Cunard)
Five costumes to be seen at the Three Arts Ball, December 1923: Date: 1923
Mrs T. P. Searight, well known society hostessA portrait of Mrs T.P. Searight, well known society hostess, December 1922. On the committee of the Three Arts Club ball to take place at the Royal Opera House 6th December 1922 Date: 1923
Citadel of Dinant, Wallonia, BelgiumCannon balls in the courtyard of the Citadel of Dinant, a fortress originally built 1051 and rebuilt 1818-21 on a cliff above the town and river Meuse, at Dinant, Wallonia, Namur, Belgium
Masquerade Ball at the Coliseo del Principe, circa 1771-1802History of Spain. Masquerade Ball at the Coliseo del Principe, circa 1771-1802. By Juan Antonio Salvador Carmona (1740-1805). Etching and engraving on paper. History Museum. Madrid. Spain
Tsar Nicholas II and the Tsarina at a Ball, St. PetersburgRussia - Tsar Nicholas II (1868-1918) and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918) wearing traditional Russian Costume at a Ball held at the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia in 1903
King Bunker Looks Into The NestA childrens short story illustration which shows King Bunker finding his lost golf ball in a bird's nest. Date: circa 1944
The Ball Room, Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire Date: circa 1910s
Scotland International Football team, 1933 Date: 1933
Everton FC team, 1932, winners of the League Championship and Division Two Championship (1931) in successive seasons. Date: 1932
England v Scotland International Football at the Oval, 1879 Date: 1879
England International Football team, 1933 Date: 1933
McCollum & Craigie Advertisement PhotographA photograph used in the advertisement of McCollum & Craigie Ltd. showing a man climbing out of a swimming pool, to the delight of three woman standing and sitting on the edge
Cinderella arrives at the Ball, by Muriel BainesIllustration, Cinderella arrives at the Ball, by Muriel Baines Date: 20th century
At The DanceAn illustration of a happy scene in which French couples are dancing at a ball. Date: circa 1901
The Croquet Tournament Date: 1863
The Jealous Devil, Alfred Crowquill's sketches from Jullien's Bal Masque, Date: 1850
Music cover, The Cricketer's Polka, by W H StephensonMusic cover, The Cricketer's Polka, for the pianoforte with vocal refrain, composed by W.H. Stephenson Date: circa 1883
Music cover, The New Haymarket Polka, by Meredith Ball, showing the proscenium arch and safety curtain of the Haymarket Theatre, London Date: circa 1880
People at a ball, Tuileries, Paris Date: 1869
Theatre programme, Compiegne Palace, 29 October 1856, two one-act comedies played before the Emperor. Date: 1856
Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie, Tuileries Palace, ParisNapoleon III and Empress Eugenie opening a ball in the Salle des Marechaux, Tuileries Palace, Paris Date: circa 1850s
Turkey. Men exercising in TomakOttoman Empire. Turkey. Men exercising in Tomak game. Martial art. Traditional game in which woll balls are used on leather straps. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Chaillot
Cottage Interior, PolandThis oil painting portrays a group of young girls, wearing colourful clothes, with a nanny, within a bedroom of a cottage in Poland, a black cat is with them, playing with a green ball of wool
BilboquetA portrait sculpture of a boy playing with a bilboquet, a traditional children's toy, the modern day cup and ball. Date: circa 1915
The BallA painting showing four performing couples, wearing extravagant, colourful clothing on a stage, with some other intimate figures below. Date: circa 1914
P & O Lines - miscellaneous itemsP & O Lines - miscellaneous plated ware, 3d items and shipboard souvenirs. Date: 20th century
White Star Line - whisky tot in the shape of a golfballWhite Star Line - rare RMS Homeric yellow metal golfball whisky tot
Wilf Mannion, Middlesbrough and England footballerWilf Mannion, inside left footballer for Middlesbrough and England Date: 1949
Tom Finney, Preston North End and England footballerTom Finney, outside right footballer for Preston North End and England Date: 1949
Ted Ditchburn, Tottenham Hotspur and England footballerTed Ditchburn, football goalkeeper for Tottenham Hotspur and England, making a save Date: 1949
Cover design, Stanley Matthews Football Album Date: 1949
Sam Cowan, Greenock Morton and Scotland footballerSam Cowan, football goalkeeper for Greenock Morton and Scotland Date: 1949