Jeu Collection

Real Tennis in Paris
The last jeu de paume in Paris, Passage Cendrier

CHRISTs COLLEGE 1690
A bird s-eye view of the college showing the chapel, dining hall, library, the Deans lodgings & garden, the kitchen & an area for playing le jeu de paume (real tennis ?)

Lenormand - Europa
Grand Jeu De Mlle. De Lenormand Europa

Emmanuel College 1690
A bird s-eye view of the college showing the chapel, dining hall, library, the Deans lodgings, gardens, brewery, kitchen & an area for real- tennis or le jeu de paume

Lenormand - Fates
Grand Jeu De Mlle. De Lenormand the Fates

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)

The fairground game of quoits or hoopla, jeu du lapin, 1815. Satirical print by showing the Duke of Wellington winning Napoleon Bonaparte as the prize

Five old men play a game of boules or bowls, circa 1800. Copied from Martinets Caricatures Parisiennes. Handcoloured lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill

The game of paume (real tennis), 18th century. A man with racquet watches other nobles playing real tennis over a net in a courtyard

Tilting at a ring under a basin of water, 17th century
Tilting at a ring under a basin of water, jeu de bague or jeu du baquet. Popular game at village festivals. Handcoloured lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill

Jousting at a ring (jeu de Bague) at a village festival. Men run at a ring mounted on a tree while others dance to music. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill

Elegant riders on a Chinese merry-go-round, Monceau, 1779
Elegant riders playing a game of ring lancing (jeu de Bague) on the Chinese merry-go-round in the gardens at Monceau, near Paris, 1779

Caricature of a man impotently tilting at rings (jeu de bague) on a merry-go-round. Based on the attempt by King Louis Philippe to marry his son the Ferdinand Philippe, Duc d Orleans

The creole game or flying ring game, early 19thc century
Fashionable people playing the flying ring game or the creole game. When the Parisians adopted the game, it had to be embellished: so the ring was covered with ribbon, then rosettes, then bells

Le Jeu de Quiller Allied soldiers playing skittles
No. 8/15. Le Jeu de Quiller. Allied soldiers playing skittles - the skittles are made as models of the Heads of the Central Powers. Leon

TENNIS COURT SERMENT
SERMENT DU JEU DE PAUME Excluded from the Assembly, the Third Estate meet in the tennis court, and swear the TENNIS COURT OATH to create a just Constitution Date: 20 June 1789

LENORMAND - ALCHEMIST
GRAND JEU DE MLLE. DE LENORMAND The Alchemist Date: circa 1820

ITALIAN FORTUNE CARD
GRAND JEU DE MLLE. DE LENORMAND The Alchemist. An Italian fortune-telling card Date: 19th century

BRIDGE & WHIST BRIDGE & WHIST
BRIDGE AND WHIST Discarded : Fashion (to Mr Bridge).Come along, partner! That dear old Mr Whist is such a bore ! He is so Vieux Jeu ! Date: 17 April 1901

A faut esperer q eu se jeu la finira bentot. Print shows the nobility and the clergy, representing the estates general, riding on the back of a man representing the working class

French Happy Families - rules and instructions
French Happy Families (Le Jeu des Sept Familles) - rules and instructions. early 20th century

French Happy Families - box lid
French Happy Families (Jeu des Sept Familles) - box lid. early 20th century

French Gaming Tables
Two French tables a jeu (gaming tables) in black wood with fillets of copper, both in the Louis XVI style. Date: circa 1860

French Revolution. Le Jeu de Hazard (The Gambling). Caricature alluding to the abolition of privileges of the nobility and clergy

Le Jeu de Quiller Allied soldiers playing skittles
No. 13/15. Le Jeu de Quiller. Allied soldiers playing skittles - the skittles are made as models of the Heads of the Central Powers. Leon

Le cauchemar Jeu jeu jeune homme, prends ces gou gou gouttes. Print shows an author lying on a bed being comforted by a friend after being accused of plagiarism by Truth hovering overhead;

Sheet of playing cards, Jeu de drapeaux (i. e. game of flags
Sheet of playing cards, Jeu de drapeaux (i.e. game of flags). Playing cards, titled in French, show soldiers of France, Germany, Great Britain, and Russia

Le jeu de quilles. Print shows a member of the nobility complaining to a member of the clergy, representing the estates general, while a member of the working class, or third estate

Nouveau jeu des cris de Paris

Jeu du chemin de fer

Une expedition aerienne jeu instructif et amusant pour la jeunesse. Gameboard shows a varied landscape and waterfront filled with 21 numbered balloons

Vieux Jeu
A gentleman walking along a promenade. He is distracted by a ladies parasol which is mesmerisingly transformed into a roulette wheel

Jeu De Graces
Two French players play le jeu de graces which involves quoits and sticks

Tennis Court Oath Sworn
SERMENT DU JEU DE PAUME Shut out from the Assembly, the Third Estate meet in the tennis court, and swear the TENNIS COURT OATH to create a just Constitution

Monte Carlo Ca 1900
The SALLE DE JEU at the beginning of the twentieth century

Dutch Printers Example
A splendid jeu d esprit from a Dutch printer, demonstrating his skill

Lenormand - Soothsayer
GRAND JEU DE MLLE. DE LENORMAND Consulting a soothsayer in ancient times

Baudeaire / Poem / Le Jeu
LE JEU Gambling

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