Joseph Collection (page 12)

Medieval wrestling bouts
Men wrestling with their coats on the ground (top), men wrestling for the prize of a rooster (middle), and men wrestling on shoulders of others in the game of Hippas, 14th century

Archers at crossbow practice, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876

Crossbow shooting at the butts, 16th century
Man with crossbow shooting at the butts (marks) in a school of archery, 16th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Archery practice with the bow, 14th century
Archery practice with the bow and rooster target, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876

Medieval archery scenes
Archery practice with bow, 14th century (top), crossbow shooting at the butts at a school, 16th century (middle), and archers at crossbow practice, 14th century

Saxon slingers and archer, 8th century
Saxon with slingshot used for hunting, method of slinging a shot, and archer and slingers with slings with sticks in a castle tower, 8th century

Saxon bow and arrow, 10th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876

Saxon archers with bow, arrows and quiver, 8th century
Saxon archer with bow and arrow, brace of birds in his belt, and Saxon archer with bow, quiver, and hunting dog, 8th century

Saxon archers and slingers
Saxon archers with bow and hunting dog, 8th century (top), Saxon bow and arrow 10th century (middle), and Saxon slinger with slingshot used for hunting and warfare, 8th century

Hawking scene, 14th century
Nobles and ladies on horseback hawking with falcons, while the falconer frightens birds at the river edge, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports

Hawking scene, 9th century
Hawking scene: Saxon nobleman on horseback with falconer releasing birds near a river bank, 9th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports

Ladies hawking, 14th century
Ladies hawking with falcons and hunting dogs in the 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876

Hawking scenes, 9th and 14th century
Hawking scenes: Saxon noble and falconer from the 9th century (middle), and ladies and men hawking with falcons and prey from the 14th century (top, bottom)

Ladies hunting a stag with bow and arrow, 14th century
Ladies hunting a stag with bow and arrow, mounted woman blowing a hunting horn and dog attacking stag, 14th century

Women in hunting dresses, with bow and hunting
Women in hunting dresses, with longbow, quiver of arrows, and hunting horn, 15th century, with man in red outfit and hunting horn

Games unknown, 14th century. A variant of hide and seek, and boys playing a guessing game where one holds up a certain number of fingers and his colleagues have to show the same, similar to scissors

King of the Bean, 14th century
The medieval game of King of the Bean, a mock royal procession led by a zany, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Unknown medieval game
A man calls to a blindfolded man with a club to strike a cauldron, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus

Medieval game of diving for apples, while another boy threatens to upend the bench and dunk him in the tub. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports

Medieval games: boy diving for apples on a bench while another boy threatens to upend the bench and dunk the boy in the tub (top)

Boarding school game from the 14th century: a boy seated on a round pole must light a taper without losing his balance and falling into the tub below

Boarding school games from the 14th century: a boy on a round pole must light a taper without losing his balance and falling into the tub; a boy on a round pole must light a taper at the end of

Cock-throwing game, 14th century
The winner of a cock-throwing game is carried on a pole with his rooster prize, while another boy follows with a cudgel and banner

Game of frog in the middle, 14th century
Women playing frog in the middle, where the seated girl is pulled and buffeted by her companions until she can catch one, 14th century

Game of hot cockles, 14th century
Women playing hot-cockles, where the kneeling girl must guess whose hand is upon her, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Games of the 14th century
Women playing hot-cockles, women playing frog in the middle, and the parade of a winner of a cock-throwing game. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports

Hoodman blind, or blind mans buff, 14th century. Men taking turns to be the blind man by reversing the hood, or hitting the blind man with their knotted hoods, and women playing the game (bottom)

Medieval game of bob-cherry
Medieval childrens games: boys playing bob-cherry with an apple 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus

Medieval game of badminton
Medieval childrens game of badminton with racquets and shuttlecock, 13th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Medieval childrens games: badminton with racquets and shuttlecock, boy with paper windmill, boy flying a butterfly on a string, and boys playing bob-cherry with an apple

Green man from medieval pageants
Pageantry. A green man or monstrous wilde man holding a large firework from 1635. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Wild man from medieval pageants
Pageantry. A wild man dressed in leaves, from a ballad of Robin Good Fellow. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus

Wild men from medieval pageants
Pageantry. A wild man dressed in leaves, from a ballad of Robin Good Fellow, and a green man or monstrous wilde man holding a large firework from 1635

Playing cards from the 15th century
Ancient playing cards including the Queen of Rabbits, the King of Columbines, the Ace of Roses, and the Knave of Pink, 15th century

Board games of the 14th century
Board games including fox and geese, dice, merelles, chess, circular chess and tables (backgammon), and the philosophers game

King David playing handbells from a 14th century manuscript
King David playing handbells with hammers from a 14th century manuscript of his psalms, with a vignette of a comedian holding bellows and tongs as if playing a fiddle

Medieval ladies hunting with bow and arrow
Women in hunting dresses, with longbow, quiver of arrows, and hunting horns, 15th century (top). Ladies hunting stag with bow and arrow, hunting horn and dogs, 14th century (bottom)

Man spearing a boar, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876

Men unearthing a fox with dogs, horn and shovels
Men unearthing a fox with shovel, hunting dog and horn, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London

Men swine hunting with spears and horn, 9th century
Men swine hunting in a surreal forest with spears, dogs and hunting horn, 9th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Origin of nine-pin bowling, 14th century
Men playing club kayles or skittles by throwing a club at eight pins (origin of nine-pin bowling), 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports

Club kayles, 14th century
Men playing club kayles or skittles by throwing a club at six pins (the origin of nine-pin bowling), 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports

Men playing kayles or skittles, 14th century
Medieval kayles or skittles. Game played with ball, stick, hoop and target (top), men playing kayles or skittles with stick and six pins (middle)

Men playing bowls with a jack, 14th century
Medieval bowling. Three men playing bowls with a jack, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876

Two men playing bowls, 13th century
Medieval bowling. Two men playing bowls with target cones or marks, 13th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Men playing bowls, 14th century
Medieval bowling. Two men playing bowls, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876

Medieval bowling games: Two men playing bowls, 14th century (top), two men playing bowls with target cones or marks, 13th century (middle), and three men playing bowls with a jack

Sword fighting for prizes, 14th century
Two fencing students fighting a mock duel with bucklers and cudgels, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

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