Henry Rene D Allemagne Collection

Bogeymen catching and punishing bad children, 1802
A group of bogeymen catching and punishing bad children. Mr and Mrs Bogeyman beat kids while assistant Gatapiat brings a child in a wicker cage to a prison

Satirical engraving of the Eternal Masquerade, 18th century
Allegorical figure of Time with an hourglass placing masks on the face of a woman and gentleman wearing multiple masks

Customers trying on masks for a masquerade, 18th century
Customers trying on masks for a festival or masquerade ball, 18th century. Masks for an ingenue, modest actor, inconsolable widow, parasite, etc

Costume of a French mask seller, 1700
Costume of a French mask seller from Nicolas de Larmessin's Habits des Metiers et Professions, 1700. He wears masks, feathers, buckles, buttons, pins, ribbons, fabrics, fans, scissors, etc

Flyer advertising a troupe of acrobats, 18th century. The stunts include tumblers somersaulting over horses, swords, flames, and coaches, vaulting off springboards, etc

Rope dancer from a 16th century book of emblems
A tightrope walker with bells on his legs performing for an audience. Rope dancer from a 16th century book of emblems. Le danseur de corde. Apres un recueil d'emblemes du XVIe siecle

Magician using a baton to remove a coin from a woman's nose, Par
Street entertainer using a baton to remove a coin from a woman's nose without touching her nose. Audience of fashionable women in bonnets, shawls and dresses with frills

Magician performing sleight of hand, Chateau d'Eau, 1820s
Magician at the Chateau d'Eau performing sleight of hand in front of an audience of soldiers and nurses. Cups and balls or the shell game trick

Stunts performed by acrobat Pierre Magarieu of Paris, 18th C
Promotional flyer for acrobat Pierre Magarieu of Paris, 18th century. Showing his many stunts including tumbling and somersaulting over flames, swords, horses, etc

Street entertainers and their games, 18th century. Conjurers, magicians, and illusionists performing cups and balls and other sleight of hand. After a popular contemporary print

Medieval children playing the game of knock off the hat, 1587
Medieval children playing the game of Knock off the Hat. Others play pince merille, a pinching game. A abatre le chappeau, et autres jeux

Children playing the game of Hot Hand, Paris, 1824. Le jeu de la main chaude. After a lithograph by Jean-Henri Marlet in Le Bon Genie

Fashionable people playing blind man's buff, 18th century
Fashionable people playing a game of blind man's buff. A fop buries his head in a beauty's skirts while other women tap his back. Le jeu a deviner

Merveilleuses playing the game of Hot Hands
Merveilleuses in flimsy muslin dresses play the game of Hot Hands. One girl buries her head in another's lap, and has to guess which friend slaps her arm

Party goers playing the game of Seated Blind Man's Buff. A dandy in Regency fashion guesses the identity of the woman in muslin dress who provides his chair. Le Colin-Maillard Assis

Fashionable people playing the party game of Guess the Kisser
Fashionable people at a party play the game of Guess the Kisser, a parlour game where a blindfolded girl has to guess who is kissing her on the cheek

Merveilleuses playing the game of blind man's buff. A blindfolded woman runs in a garden as one woman strokes her hand and another grabs her muslin dress

A fop grabs a lady's hand in a kissing game, 18th century
A fop grabs a lady's hand in the kissing game of Pied de Boeuf (cow foot), 18th century.. They are surrounded by children in a glade

Fop and beauty playing a kissing game, 17th century
French aristocrats playing the kissing game of Pied de Boeuf (cow foot), 17th century. A fop grabs the hand of a beauty. After an engraving by Nicolas de Larmessin, chez P. Houllie, rue St. Jacques

Fashionable people playing the party game, Gentle Knight
Fashionable people playing the memory game of the Gentle Knight. Players who make errors reciting a long sentence have to wear paper horns in their hair. Les Chevaliers Gentiles (Jeu de societe)

Party goers playing the parlour game of The King of Morocco is Dead

Regency party-goers playing the game of The Little Man Lives On
Party-goers playing the parlour game of The Little Man Lives On. Regency dandies and belles must pass around a lit match. Le petit bon homme vit encore. Non, non, il ne vit plus

Medieval girls playing the game of Open the Doors, 1587, where girls form arches with their arms for others to dance under. Others play the kissing game Sure or Suze, and play at being the queen

Gentlemen and ladies playing the kissing game The Clock. A woman asks the time and is kissed according to the hour on the clock. La Pendule

Chess pieces from the 17th century. King, knight, bishop, pawn, etc. Les differentes pieces du jeu des echecs. Engraving from New-erfundenes Grosses Konigs-Spiel by Christoph Weickhmann, Ulm, 1664

Gentlemen and ladies playing the kissing game, Cradle of Love. Couples link hands and form arches to trap others as they beneath. Freedom is granted with a kiss. Le Berceau d'Amour

Fashionable people in a garden playing the Whistle Game. A lady blows on a whistle tied to a gentleman's back. Le jeu du Sifflet. After a lithograph from the Bourbon Restoration

Gentlemen and ladies playing a kissing game, 1800s
Gentlemen and ladies playing a kissing game. A penitent holds a candle while his guide goes around kissing women at the party. Jeu de Societe. Le Chevalier a la triste Figure

Fashionable people playing the party game of Three Little Pats. A dandy bumps his buttocks on the floor three times as a forfeit. Women clap and chant: Trois petits pates ma chemise brule

Gentlemen and ladies playing the Bridge of Love
A man and woman embrace and kiss while seated on another gentleman's back. Scene from the kissing game, The bridge of love. Le Pont d'Amour

Various party games popular during the Napoleonic Era. Kissing games including the Convent Porter, Bridge of Love, Sultan, Base of the Candlestick

A girl dangles a cherry in front of a boy who tries to bite it without using his hands. Era of Louis XVI, late 18th century. Les Friands de Cerise

Peasants ducking for apples in a barrel, 18th century
Peasants ducking for apples in a barrel. A man pushes down the heads of two competitors. English school caricature, 18th century

Woman teasing a parrot with a captive beetle, 18th century
Woman teasing a parrot with a cockchafer tied to a stick, 18th century. The game of captive animals

Allegorical print showing a game of four-handed chess, The Royal Game or Le jeu du Roi

A boy playing with a bird tied to a perch with a string. The other boy holds a book and a glove. From a painting by Peter Paul Rubens

French woman addicted to the game of Tangram, 1818
A woman playing a Tangram or Chinese puzzle game, 1818. A husband berates a wife addicted to the gamt, ignoring the baby crying in its cot. The game sparked a craze in the early 19th century

Peasants playing blind man's buff. 17th century
A group of peasants playing a game of blind man's buff. 17th century. A soldier ties a blindfold on a young maid. Le Colin Maillard aux Piliers d'or

Medieval peasants watching a cockfight, while other hold roosters, and chase hens. A woman dsitributes nuts from her apron. Cockfighting and other games. Le jeu de coques, et autres jeux

French aristocrats playing a game of draughts, late 17th/early 18th century. A fop pushes a draught as a woman goes to pick up a piece. Another woman watches the game

Allegory of European politics as a game of draughts, 17th centur
Allegorical print showing European politics as a game of draughts, from a 17th-century calendar

Peasants playing the game of hot hands, 17th century
Peasants and shepherds playing the game of hot hand at a picnic, 17th century. From an engraving by Claudine Bouzonnet Stella in the Four Ages of Life. Le jeu de la main chaude

A noble woman and fop playing a game of chess, 1686
A French noble woman and fop playing a game of chess, 1686. Another lady works on a piece of embroidery on the sofa. Le Jeu des Echecs

Pieces from a Tangram or Chinese puzzle game, 19th century
Differently shaped pieces from a Tangram or Chinese puzzle game. The game sparked a craze in Europe in the early 19th century. Les diverses combinaisons du Casse-tete Chinois

Anne de Rohan-Chabot playing solitaire, 1697
Anne de Rohan-Chabot playing the game of solitaire, 1697. Princess Soubise, 1648-1709, was mistress of King Louis XIV. Madame la Princesse de Soubize, jouant au jeu du Solitaire

King Louis XIV and family playing bagatelle, Versailles, 1694
King Louis XIV, family and courtiers playing the game of bagatelle in the First Apartment, Versailles, 1694

Ladies playing a game of bagatelle with a fop, 17th century. The game was also known as croc-madame or trou-madame. Dames Jouans au Jeu des Portiques

Aristocrats playing the game of bagatelle, 17th century. A gentleman rolls a ball at a target on a table while two women in lace ruff collars watch. Also known as portiques or croc-madame

Caricature of Biribi players at the Palais-Royale, 1780s
The game of Biribi or la Belle after a satirical print of the Revolutionary Era

A game of chess at the Chateau de Plessis-lez-Tours, 1483
Royal courtiers playing a game of chess at the Chateau de Plessis-lez-Tours, 1483. King Louis XI of France, 1423-83, is said to be seated right

Comical illustrations corresponding to Lotto numbers, 1837. A man on a chamberpot with an enema, ungainly dancers, odd couples, stilt walkers, dandy hairdresser, etc

Lotto numbers game featuring Paris monuments, 1840. With St Germain l'Auxerrois church, Vendome Column, Luxor Obelisk and July Column

French children playing a wheel of fortune, 1825. A woman vendor holds the table while the children spin the arrow. La Loterie Enfantine, apres une lithographie par Jean-Henri Marlet, Le Bon Genie

A young woman selling oublies, Paris, 1816
A young woman in bandana and apron selling oublies (pastry cones), Paris, 1816. She points to a dial on a drum to indicate how many sweets the buyer has won. The little lotter, you always win

Table of latest winning lottery numbers in France, 1815. Winning numbers and prize money from Strasbourg, Bordeaux, Paris, Brusselles, Lyon. Clerks draw numbers from a wheel at the top

A free lottery for prizes organized by King Louis XIV, 1685
A free lottery for luxury prizes organized by King Louis XIV, 1685. The best craftsmen in Paris exhibited their work in four salons in Marly

Scene in a lottery office, Amsterdam, 17th century
A boy draws winning tickets above, clerks write papers below. Frontispiece to Gregorio Leti's Critiques sur les lotteries, Amsterdam, 1697

Men playing the game of trictrac, 17th century. A man rolls the dice while others watch the board, smoke tobacco pipes. After a painting by David Teniers. Le jeu du tric-trac

King Louis XIV holding the royal lottery in 1660
King Louis XIV holding the royal lottery as part of his wedding celebrations in 1660. Courtiers sit at a square table in a large hall by candlelight. Lotterie royale

Drawing winners in a public lottery in Amsterdam, 1696. A boy seated between two barrels draws winners and hands them to two gentlemen behind him

An illustrated set of domino cards. 19th century images of tumbrils, soldiers, hangings, toy sellers, sports, strong winds, a drunk vomiting, etc. Le Domino-Carte Illustre

Costume of a French ivory turner with elephant tusk, 1700
Costume of a French ivory turner with elephant tusk, bagatelle or trou madame, clock, chessboard, backgammon board, easel, Habit de Tabletier

Russian peasants playing knucklebones, 19th century
Russian peasants playing a game of knucklebones, 19th century. Scene in a farmyard with well, cows, ducks and pigs. La rangette aux osselets

Portrait of Democritus with dice at his feet, 18th century. Ancient Greek philosopher known as the laughing philosopher. Democrite. A Paris chez Daumont, rue de la Feronnerie

Aristocrats playing a game of dice, 17th century. A fop throws dice and a woman in tall lace bonnet points at the table. Le Jeu de Dez

King Louis XIV depicted playing dice at a gaming table

French gentlemen playing at a gaming house, Renaissance era
French gentlemen playing dice, backgammon and cards at a gaming house, Renaissance era. From a miniature on vellum in the collection of Albert Figdor

Two men playing checkers at a table, Bourbon Restoration. One holds a checker, the other raises his fist, a woman is consoled by a gentleman. La Dame Soufflee. Jeu de Dames

French noblewoman playing the game of solitaire, 1698. She sits at a table on a terrace in front of a garden with fountain. After an engraving published by Antoine Trouvain

Children playing games with butterflies. A toddler chases an insect in a bedroom, 17th century print. Two boys chase butterflies with nets and hats, 19th century print. Les amusements des enfants

Party goers playing the Convent Porter game
Party goers playing the kissing game, Convent Porter. A Regency dandy guards the door to a closet where men and women take turns to secretly kiss. Le Portier de la Couvent. Jeu de Societe

Fashionable people playing the game of the Candlestick Base
Fashionable people playing the parlour game of the Candlestick Base. For a forfeit, one fool kisses a candlestick base which drips hot wax on a woman on a sofa

Old men playing checkers in Cafe de la Regence, 1800s
Old men playing checkers in Cafe de la Regence, a Palais Royale cafe famous for chess. Jeu de dames. Le Delassement des Politiques. Copied from Aaron Martinet's Caricatures Parisiennes, 1802

Riders on the Belleville rollercoaster, early 19th century
Riders on the dangerous tracks of the Belleville rollercoaster. Spectators watch in fear as a young woman rides a car standing with her scarf billowing. Les Montagnes Russes a Belleville

French satirical print against the lottery, Napoleonic era. A creature made of cards, lotto numbers, dice and other gambling games eats bags of gold. Men collect gold coins defecated from its rear

Schembart or maskbeard distributing nuts to children, 16th centu
Schembart or maskbeard distributing nuts to good children. He carries a stick under his arm to chastise naughty kids. This ogre appeared at the Nuremberg Shrovetide Carnival

Knecht Ruprecht, servant to Saint Nicholas in German folklore
Knecht Ruprecht, or Hans Ruprecht, manservant to Saint Nicholas in German folklore and figure in a Nuremberg Christmas procession. The pockets of his long coat are filled with children

The fair at Venice, 18th century. A bustling fair with charlatan selling medical potions, palmreader, pastry seller, Punch and Judy show. Foire de Venise

The roller coaster in the Ruggieri Gardens, Paris, 1817. Pleasure gardens built by the pyrotechnician Claude Ruggieri. Les montagnes Russes du saut du Niagara

View of the giant roller coaster in Belleville in Paris, 1817. The pleasure gardens also had a ferris wheel and swings. Les montagnes de Belleville

The rollercoaster in Jardin Beaujon, Paris, 1817
The aerial walkways or rollercoaster in Beaujon Gardens, near the Barriere de Neuilly, 1817. The huge structure was built on arches like an aqueduct. Les promenades aeriennes du Jardin Baujon, 1817

Roller coasters in the Beaujon Gardens, Paris, 1817
The aerial walks or rollercoasters built in the Beaujon Gardens, 1817. Les promenades aeriennes du Jardin Beaujon. Honore de la presence de sa majeste le 2 Aout 1817. After Louis Garnerey

A corpulent woman sits on a public weighing machine, Paris
A corpulent woman sits sadly on a public weighing machine, Paris. A foreigner with lorgnette laughs at the dial, while a perfume seller offers her some flasks. The chair cost two sous

A game of checkers in Cafe de la Regence, Palais Royal

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