Croquet Collection

Alice in Wonderland, Alice at the croquet game, with flamingo (mallet) and hedgehogs (balls). Date: early 20th century

Alice with the Flamingo
CROQUET Alice with the flamingo

Social / Croquet in Garden
Elegant men and women play croquet in the garden

Carroll / Alice & Croquet
Alice Plays Croquet with the Duchess Using a Flamingo

Alice in Wonderland, Alice and Red Queen
Alice in Wonderland, Alice meets the Red Queen at the croquet game. Date: early 20th century

Victorian Silhouettes by H. L. Oakley
A page of silhouettes showing various Victorian pastimes and games including archery, croquet, skating and chess

Futuristic underwater croquet. The players are all wearing diving helmets with oxygen packs on their backs

Misfitz - Alice in Wonderland. early 20th century

Alice / Croquet Game
CROQUET Alice and the Duchess

Alice: croquet Match
The Croquet Match: The quarrelsome Queen shouts " Off with his head"... Date: First published: 1865

Alice&flamingo Croquet
Alice uses flamingo as croquet mallet. Date: First published: 1865

A Tip for the Holidays
A new combination game to suit all seasons. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

The Harrogate Hydro, spa and hotel in the Yorkshire town of Harrogate with accommodation for 300 guests and the very latests in hydropathic treatments

Origin of croquet and billiards, 14th century
Game 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

Men playing the royal game of croquet or pall mall, 1717
Men playing the royal game of croquet or pall mall, le jeu royal de la passe, designed for Louis XV in 1717. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse)

Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) playing croquet

Prince of Wales

Croquet Victorian period Date: 19th century

Playing Croquet Date: 19th century

The Croquet Tournament Date: 1863

St Monica's Waifs And Strays Home Ashbourne Circa
St, Monica's, Waifs, and, Strays, Home, Ashbourne, circa, 1900, Girls, play, with, hoops, croquet, mallets, at, the, Society, Derbyshire, childrens, children, welfare, care, accomodation

Sporting girls
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Pall Mall or Palle Melle
Pall Mall mallets and ball. A 16th and 17th century lawn game. A precursor to croquet. Date: 1875

Silhouette, The Croquet Party. late 19th century

Invitation to a Game of Argolla, by Murillo
Invitation to a Game of Argolla [a form of croquet], by Murillo, in the Dulwich Picture Gallery, London. Depicting two beggar boys and a dog. Date: circa 1660s

Men playing kayles or skittles, 14th century
Medieval kayles or skittles. Game played with ball, stick, hoop and target (top), men playing kayles or skittles with stick and six pins (middle)

Medieval children playing a war game called I m on your land (je suis sur ta terre, vilain), others playing croquet, and others trying to hit each other while tied back to back

Monkeys playing golf, skittles, hoops, croquet, leapfrog, ball games, stiltwalking, archery, spinning tops, popinjay, etc. From a 16th century print

The royal game of billiards between Louis XIV and Michel Chamillard in the third apartment. After an engraving by Antoine Trouvain, 1698

The game of ground billiards, 16th century. Men use clubs to hit balls between hoops, in a mix of billiards, golf and croquet

Villagers playing croquet or clos-porte, 16th century
Villagers playing croquet or clos-porte with mallets and large balls, 16th century. After a painting by Breughel. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill

Victorian silk birthday card, Woman playing Croquet. 19th century

Woman resting during a game of croquet. circa 1900s

Prince and Princess of Wales visit Knole, Kent, 1866 Prince
Prince and Princess of Wales (later Edward VII and Queen Alexandra) visit Knole, Kent, the seat of Earl Delawarr in 1866 - the promenade of the company upon the lawn with croquet before dinner

Croquet tournament at Wimbledon, London 1870
Grand croquet tournament at the new All England Club, Wimbledon, London Date: 1870

SOCIAL / CROQUET IN GARDEN
Elegant men and women play croquet in the garden Date: 1876

Croquet on rough pitch
A large group of women play croquet on a rough-looking pitch. Date: late 19th century

LITTLE WOMEN / CROQUET
Jo & Fred play a game of croquet. Date: First published: 1868

SPORT / CROQUET
A game of croquet Date: late 19th Century

Queens croquet ground. Fuller & Richard - The Wonderland Postcards - Seven Designs Date: 1910

Alice in Wonderland, Alice and the gardeners
Alice in Wonderland, Alice meets some playing card gardeners painting the white roses red. Date: early 20th century

Repeating Pattern - Alice in Wonderland characters. *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*

Repeating Pattern - Alice and Gardeners. *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*

Union Workhouse, Romsey, Hampshire
The Union workhouse on Winchester Road, Romsey, Hampshire. Some of the workhouse staff appear to be playing croquet while workhouse inmates are seated on benches behind

Little boy in back garden, Ealing, West London
Little boy (Harold Auerbach) in the back garden of his home at 1 Carlton Road, Ealing, West London, with croquet hoops in the lawn. Date: circa 1904

Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Lodge, Ealing, Middlesex
Residents in the garden of the GFS Lodge at Ealing, Middlesex / West London. A croquet set can be seen. The seated women in the hat is Gertrude Marye Barnard, founder of the Ealing branch. Date: 1913

Caesars Camp, Ladysmith, Natal Province, South Africa -- a Boer position during the Siege of Ladysmith (1899-1900). Date: circa 1920

Outdoor games. Croquet
Young Edwardian girl with a croquet mallet. Date: circa 1903

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