Lithograph Collection (page 23)

Medieval dance
Gleemen dancing to pipes and harp, 9th century (top), Herods daughter Herodias tumbling and dancing (middle), and two men performing a sword dance with a female assistant to horn music

Anglo-Saxon gleemen performers
Anglo-Saxon harpist and Hoppestere or hopping buffoon (top), 10th century, Anglo-Saxon men dancing to trumpet and horn (middle), 8th century

Fools dance, 14th century
A line of fools in hoods with bells dancing the fools dance to bagpipe and regal music, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports

Mummers in animal masks, 14th century
Mummers in odd animal masks and colourful robes, 14th century, dancing to music played by a man on a lute with animal neck

Mummers and fools, 14th century
Mummers in odd masks and colourful robes (top, bottom), and a line of fools in hoods with bells dancing to bagpipe and regal music at a Festival of Fools (middle), 14th century

Boat tilting, 14th century
Two knights in helmets and chainmail armour tilting with lances on rowboats, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Knights jousting, 14th century
Two knights jousting with lances in suits of armour, helm, and heraldic colours, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Jousting play, 14th century
Two boys playing at tilting or jousting with lances and poles for horses, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Tilting jousts, 14th century
Boys playing at tilting with lances and poles, mounted knights jousting with lances, and knights tilting on rowboats, 14th century

Jousting knights toys, 14th century
Jousting toys: knights on horseback with helmet, shield and lance, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus

Preparation for a tournament, 13th century. The king at arms holds the knights banners, the knights salute each other, while bagpiper, horn players and drummers with blazons

Tilting at a ring, 14th century
Man on horseback with lance tilting at a ring, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876

Tilting game, 14th century. Two men wrestling for possession of a pole, and the winner with pole. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Tilting games, 14th century. Men wrestling for possession of a pole and the winner with pole (top) tilting rings and jousting toys (middle), and mounted man tilting at a ring (bottom)

Quintain exercises, 14th century. A man attempts to unseat a man on a stool with his leg, a man on a swing attempts to unseat a man on a stool with his leg

Tilting at water quintain, 14th century
Boy with lance on a boat rowed by other boys tilting at a water quintain, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Tilting at a living quintain, 14th century
Boy with lance titling at a living quintain, attempting to push a man in armour with shield off a stool, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports

Tilting at a mobile quintain, 14th century
Boy with lance tilting at a mobile quintain operated by another boy, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Tilting at quintain, 14th century
Boy with lance tilting at a moveable quintain operated by another boy (top), boy with lance tilting at a living quintain (trying to knock a man in armour with a shield off a stool)

Medieval tilting game or quintain
Boy on rolling trestle pulled by two other boys to tilt with a lance at a fixed quintain, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports

Medieval tilting games or quintain
Boy on rolling trestle with spear tilting at a fixed quintain (top), soldier in armour attacking a pel quintain (left) and a saracen quintain (right)

Board games of chess and tables (backgammon) from 14th century manuscripts. Knights in armour playing chess watched by other knights in front of a military encampment

Man with lance tilting at a ring under a box, 17th century
Man on horseback with lance tilting at a ring under a box at a village fete, 17th century, from a painting by Philips Wouwerman

Boys firing arrows at a target in an archery game, after an illustration by Jean-Henri Marlet, 1826. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse)

The king of popinjay man enters the village with a bird on his lance. In the background, a crowd of archers fire arrows at a windmill, after an engraving from the 18th century

Villagers practising archery with long bows and a target on a Sunday. After a painting of the Dutch school, 17th century. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill

The game of Popinjay in Belgium, 19th century. Men with muskets shoot at a target in a park. Handcoloured lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse)

Young man playing cache cache mitoulas with a group of girls in a garden, after a painting by Nicolas Lancret. In this game

The game of Four Corners, 18th century
The game of Four Corners, a variant of tag, 18th century, after a painting by Nicolas Lancret. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse)

Villagers dancing around the bonfire for the feast of St. John the Baptist, midsummer. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse), Librairie Hachette

The fighting games of barres, or couppeteste
The fighting game of barres or Ostrachynda was played between teams of combatants in a defined area, 16th century. The players shouted couppeteste as they fought. Others can be seen playing leapfrog

Children sledding and skating on ice (traineaux), early 19th century. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse), Librairie Hachette, Paris, 1903

Ice skating and sledding on a glacier near Gentilly, 18th century. Handcoloured lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse), Librairie Hachette, Paris

Boys sliding on ice (glissoire) and sledding on ice (traisneau), after an engraving by Claudine Bouzonnet Stella, 17th century

Boys learning to fence with a fencing master in breastplate holding an epee. From the fencing lesson by Jean-Henri Marlet in le Bon Genie, 1829

Boys running and climbing over an obstacle course at a sports event, 19th century. Handcoloured heliotype lithograph by Fortier-Marotte from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill

A formal ball dance in the 17th century. Men and women dancing in a circle at right, and men lining up in front of women across the hall at left

Children dancing in front of a dance master holding a violin and bow. From the dance lesson by Jean-Henri Marlet in le Bon Genie, 1826

Peasants dancing in a clearing to music from a recorder and bagpipes. After an engraving by Claudine Bouzonnet Stella, 17th century

A ballroom scene (top) and sailors and peasants dancing the fashionable waltz during the French Revolutionary era. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill

Boys playing tug-of-war with batons and dancing
Boys playing tug-of-war with batons (covet baston) and dancing to music (danse), after an engraving by Claudine Bouzonnet Stella, 17th century

Boys racing to grab a victory wreath from a young girl
The prize of the sprint race. Boys racing to grab a victory wreath from a young girl. After an illustration by Jean-Henri Marlet in le Bon Genie, 1826

Medieval children playing a war game called I m on your land (je suis sur ta terre, vilain), others playing croquet, and others trying to hit each other while tied back to back

Boys playing king of the castle (assaut du chasteau) and battle (bataille), after an engraving by Claudine Bouzonnet Stella, 17th century

Boys playing handstands (culbute) and boxing (lutte), after an engraving by Claudine Bouzonnet Stella, 17th century. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill

Boys playing handstands (culbute) and fart-in-the-face (pet-en-gueule), after an engraving by Claudine Bouzonnet Stella, 17th century

Boys playing the game of piggyback horseriding
Five boys playing the game of piggyback horseriding, le cheval fondu. From an illustration by Francois Boucher engraved by Huquier, 1765

Boys playing the game of cheval fondu, leap-frog or horseplay. From an illustration by Jean-Henri Marlet from le Bon Genie, 1826

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