Game Collection (page 69)

Trial of Strength
Two children play a trial of strength game

Card Players
Players and spectators wear elegant creations by Jean Patou, Paul Poiret and Doucet

Foot Shuttlecock
In China, the game of shuttlecock is played with the feet rather than with a handheld battledore

Game & Poultry
Game and Poultry

Poultry and Game
Poultry and game

Beeton Game & Poultry
GAME AND POULTRY snipe on toast - larks - roast pheasant - pigeons - roast fowl - roast goose - roast duck - boiled fowl - roast turkey

Chess Game Duboy 18C
A smartly-dressed young man studies the pieces on a chessboard

Big Game at the Circus
Big game at the circus. In the ring with two large, fierce tigers

Children Dancing 20C
Children playing a game

Cards with Devil
A Norwegian countryman plays a game of cards with Mr Splitfoot, with his soul at stake; being a crafty peasant, he wins the game...and keeps his soul

Trying the Ice /
Two Norwegian children prudently try the thickness of the ice on a pond before venturing to skate on it - and just as well, for it cracks ! Date: 1909

Game / Forfeits 1828
Forfeits played at an evening party

Blind Mans Buff
Courting couples use a game of Blind Mans Buff as an excuse to canoodle in corners of the room, leaving a rotund man with a red face playing alone with an enthusiastic child!

C17th Billiards Game
Duchesse de Bourgogne playing billiards

Hunting / Gamekeepers 1790
Game keepers for the Lord Viscount Torrington

Sport / Unconventional
THE ROPED-HEAD GAME A Bavarian contest, in which two men seek each to pull the other with the rope which links both their necks

Sport / Football
Supporters leaving the ground after a game at the home of Notts County

The Majors Game
Sphairiotikon or The Majors Game, precursor of Lawn tennis Date: 1873

Early French Tennis
An early game of tennis played in the Champs Elysees, Paris

Little girl in green skipping with a rope
A little girl dressed entirely in green, skipping with a rope

Game of Blind Mans Buff at a childrens party
A game of Blind Mans Buff (or Bluff) at a childrens party in the early 19th century

Chariot race accident
Chariot racing in the Circus at Rome -- one of the chariots overturns on the bend, causing an obstruction for the chariot behind

Ancient Roman athletes playing handball

Five ladies playing hide and seek in a garden
Five elegant ladies playing hide and seek in a garden. Two of them are hiding behind a wall

Automatic Bridge Playing machine
An Automatic Bridge Playing machine. The (human) player inserts a coin, is shown his own hand and the dummy s, and plays by inserting plugs in holes representing the cards

Kempelins Automaton Chess Player
Wolfgang von Kempelins Automaton Chess Player. It was created in Germany, was widely exhibited, and eventually reappeared in New York in 1845

Christmas / Snowman /
Grinning sister, grinning brother and grinning snowman Date: 1920

Eng and Chang, Siamese twins, aged about 12, sitting at a table with a visitor, playing a board game

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