Game Collection (page 8)

Playing Cards
A sketch portraying a seated man looking up from his game, towards a standing fellow whose hand is spread over the cards. Date: circa 1901

Window display for Dunlop's Golf is Our Game Date: 1970

Medieval games in the Tilt Yard
The Tilt Yard, Combat a L'Outrance - medieval games

The Gamekeeper Date: 19th century

Sports for the New Year in the Nineteenth Century Date: 1854

Caricature of Joseph Mery, French writer
Caricature of Joseph Mery (1797-1866), French writer, journalist, playwright and librettist, by Nadar and Riou. Date: 1859

Turkey. Men exercising in Tomak
Ottoman 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

Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Jereed. Traditonal sport of Turks
Ottoman Empire. Turkish Jereed. Traditional sport of Turks played since centuries form the times of Turkic States. Engraving by Lemaitre, H. Lalaisse and Chaillot

Ferdinand And Miranda
This painting depicts a later scene from William Shackespeare's The Tempest, in which Miranda and Ferdinand are sat playing chess in a coastal countryside

P & O Lines - miscellaneous items
P & O Lines - miscellaneous plated ware, 3d items and shipboard souvenirs. Date: 20th century

RMS Titanic - letter to James Moody's sister
RMS Titanic - highly significant and historically important letter to Sixth Officer James Moody's sister. Dated 7 May 1912

Children's Hoop Race Date: 1925

Burmese Tug of War
Depiction of a game of tug of war in Burma (Myanmar). In Burma, tug of war has important cultural origins - it is used both as a sort of raindance

Warrington Rugby Team, strategizing ahead of their first ever match at Wembley Stadium, the Rugby League Cup Final against Huddersfield due to be played on May 6th. Huddersfield won. Date: 1933

Advert for Pentetote, a tabletop game with a spinning wheel, themed around racing. Date: 1933

Davis Cup Tennis
Scenes from the Second Round of the Davis Cup tennis contest, played between Great Britain and Rumania in Torquay. This year, Britain ultimately made it through to the semi-finals

Kenyan Waterbuck
Inhabitants of Nyeri, Kenya, with a slain waterbuck antelope. Date: circa 1932

Pheasant Shooting at Alton
A pheasant shooter in action, photographed the year previous to publication. The new shooting season was due to start on October 1st. Date: 1930

Water Polo By Night
A nocturnal women's water polo match at the Stadio del Littoria in Rome, attended by Benito Mussolini. Date: 1931

Tennis at Hurlingham
A doubles game being played as part of the Army lawn tennis championships held at Hurlingham. Date: 1931

Polo at Roehampton
A polo match at the Roehampton Club between the Royal Air Force and the Chinchillas. Date: 1931

Wimbledon Exertions
Scenes from the 1931 Wimbledon Tennis Championship. Pictured are Fred Perry (1909-1995), Ian Glen Collins (1903-1975), Helene Nicolopoulos, George Patrick Pat Hughes (1902-1997), I

The Princess and the Tiger
Princess Manorama Raja, daughter of the Maharaja of Indore, with the body of a tiger she has killed. Date: circa 1925

Coursing and Coursers
Cartoon by The Tout (Peter Ronald Buchanan) depicting keen coursers in action. Date: 1924

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

Eton Wall Game, Collegers v Oppidans Date: 1909

H C Prior, King's School Scholar, Eton Wall Game
H C Prior, King's School Scholar, Keeeper of the College Wall, The Eton Wall Game Date: 1909

RAF football team fly to Palestine ready for match, WW2
RAF football team flying by bomber from Heliopolis to Palestine dressed in kit ready for a game during the Second World War Date: circa 1940s

Football referees studying the rules of the game
London Association of Referees using tactical table to study the rules of the game Date: 1946

Mrs Furrow the Farmer's Wife

Mrs Tryon the Tailor's Wife

Mrs Snob the Shoemaker's Wife

Mrs Mills the Miller's Wife

Mrs Measure the Milkman's Wife

Mrs Gammon the Grocer's Wife

Mrs Bun the Baker's Wife

Mrs Fin the Fishmonger's Wife

Mrs Chips the Carpenter's Wife

Mr Fin the Fishmonger

Mrs Brick the Builder's Wife

Mrs Block the Butcher's Wife

Mr Mills the Miller

Mr Tryon the Tailor

Mr Snob the Shoemaker

Mr Pots the Painter

Mr Furrow the Farmer

Mr Measure the Milkman

Mr Gammon the Grocer

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