Draughts Collection

Landlord and Bar Sign
Due to the number of customers trying to pay for drinks by cheque, the landlords sign in this London pub makes it clear that draughts, not overdrafts, are available behind the bar

Mandarins playing a Game somewhat similar to Draughts
Pierre Joseph Rossier. Views in China issued by Negretti and Zambra in 1859 and 1861. First Series and second series. These important images were the first commercial views of China to be sold in

Five American soldiers in uniform - Engineer, Foot Rifles, Dragoon Musician, Light Artillery, Infantry, 1851-1854 Date: circa 1850s

The Draughts Players by Joseph Clark - rustic cottage interior with family playing board game

BOOK OF THE DEAD PLATE 7
1. Ani and his wife, Tutu, playing draughts 2. Their souls above a tomb 3. Sun disk in solar mount 4. Heron identified w Osiris 5. Mummy in a shrine

Shinto priests (actors) playing board game Go Japan
Shinto priests (actors) playing the board game Go (chequers draughts) Japan, late 19th century

Draughts board with comic verse on a Christmas card
Draughts board with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Stationery, Crystalate Manufacturing Co Ltd, Billiards and Pool Balls, Poker Chips and Counters, Dominoes, Draughts, Screw Stoppers, Bottle Tops, Tonbridge, Kent. 1900

Men smoke and play a game of checkers in Canton, China
Viewed from above, a group of men smoke and play a game of checkers in a Canton street, Guangzhou, China Date: 1986

Somalian - Somali warriors playing draughts. Date: circa 1910s

The Strand War Game - WW1 board game
A board game created by The Strand Magazine during World War One. Described as a combination of draughts, chess and war, it is played by two opponents, representing the Allies and the Germans

Our Boys Clothing Company, games
Our Boys Clothing Company presents a variety of games, consisting of draughts, chess, dominoes, backgammon, cribbage and compendiums. Date: c.1895

Draught board with ships and aeroplanes - WWI
The Favourite Game of our Soldiers in the Trenches and our Sailors at Sea. Shows a draught board with ships and aeroplanes, Scottish soldiers in a trench playing draughts and an artillery team

Checked knitted chess board vest, WW1
A British soldier proudly displaying a knitted vest under his jacket which, as well as eeping him warm, doubles as a portable chess and draughts board

Launching Draughts by Heath Robinson
Another genius German tactic, depicted by Heath Robinson. Here, the Germans are blowing with the intention of starting an awful chill in the British trenches

The Orphans - two children play draughts, watched by a woman. 19th century

Two men playing draughts - The Veteran Defeated. circa 1820

Susi - tipping up a draughts board. 1950s

Tables, Liqueur Cases and Cigar Cabinets, Plate 104. 5
Smokers Tables, Liqueur Cases and Cigar Cabinets, Plate 104.5. Date: circa 1880s

Fancy Wood Tables, Plate 101. 5
Fancy Wood Tables, Plate 101.5, showing a range of tables, some with squares marked for chess and draughts. Date: circa 1880s

China. Men playing draughts in a tavern. Nineteenth-century colored engraving

Aylesbury Inebriate Reformatory - Inmates Playing Draughts
Staff supervise inmates of Aylesbury Inebriate Reformatory playing draughts. There is also a piano in the room. Date: 1908

Steerage passengers on an emigrant ship, recreations
Steerage passengers on an emigrant ship out of Liverpool to New York, 1896. Recreations on board - the men appear to be playing chess or draughts

BOILLY, Louis Leopold (1761-1845). Game of Draughts at the Cafe Lamblin. 1820. Caf頤 e Paris in which first met Bonapartist and later intellectuals as Stendhal and Baudelaire. Neoclassicism

CARRIERA, Rosalba (1675-1757). Portrait of a Lady. Rococo. Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Gallerie dell Accademia (Academy Gallery)

Japan - Geisha girls playing Go
Three Japanese Geisha girls in Japan, playing the popular boardgame Go in their beautiful Kimonos, while enjoying tea. Date: circa 1900

Metropolitan Police B Division officers playing draughts
Officers of the Metropolitan Police B Division playing draughts during a rest break at the station. Two men are sitting at a table playing, with four men standing and watching. Date: circa 1930s

Pocket Chess & Draughts
Pocket chess and draughts, combined with a metal holder to fix on the board, to keep it steady in its leather case. Date: 1930s

Living Room of a Rowton House, London
The living room of one of Londons Rowton Houses where the residents can be seen relaxing, reading, and playing draughts. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large

Man puzzling over a game of draughts
A man puzzling over a game of draughts, which he appears to be playing solo. He holds a long churchwarden pipe in his mouth. Date: early 20th century

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