Play Collection (page 18)

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

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

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

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

Peasant boys playing coupe-tete or leap-frog, 18th century
Peasant boys playing coupe-tete or leap-frog in front of a farmhouse. After an engraving by Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 18th century

The Duchess of Burgundy playing billiards, 18th century
Louis XIV returning from a hunt to find the Duchess of Burgundy playing billiards. From an engraving published by Bonnard, 1704

Men playing fossette (golf) and croce (hockey)
Medieval men playing ball games in a park. In the foreground, men try to throw a ball (esteuf) into a hole in the ground in the game of fossette (ancient golf)

Old men playing petit palet or shove ha penny in a park, 18th century. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse), Librairie Hachette, Paris, 1903

Children flying a kite and playing with a hoop, 18th century
Children flying a kite, rolling hoops, and playing at shepherd and shepherdess, 18th century. Handcoloured lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse)

Girls playing the game of hoops in the Gardens of Luxembourg, Paris, circa 1900. Handcoloured heliotype lithograph by Fortier-Marotte after an illustration by Mailet from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports

Etruscan vase, vase on pedestal and pillar-form vase
Etruscan-design vase, vase on pedestal with reliefs of children playing Blindmans Buff, and pillar-form vase with reliefs of children playing Blindmans Buff. Chromolithograph by W

Scene from a comedy from the House of the Patrician or Centenary (Casa del Centenario), Regio IX, Insula VIII. Chromolithograph by J.G

Statue of a girl playing with a dove. Copperplate engraving by G. Perini from Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabilis Il Museo Capitolino (The Capitoline Museum), Rome, 1820

Mother playing with daughters in a garden
A young mother dandles a girl on her foot, while her other child drops her toys to beg for a cuddle. A glance at these engravings is enough to see what one can say about this subject

Fashionable women in decollete dresses playing hide and seek
Fashionable women in decollete dresses playing the game of hide and seek in a garden. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817

Love-in-Idleness (Midsummer Nights Dream). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Crimson Rose (Midsummer Nights Dream). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Honeysuckles (Much Ado About Nothing). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Oak and Myrtle (Measure for Measure). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Roses of the Spring, Twelfth Night
Roses of the Spring (primrose or cowslip), Twelfth Night. Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London

Violets (Twelfth Night). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Oaks and Briers (Timon of Athens). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Briers, Furzes, Gorse and Thorn (The Tempest). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Carnations and Gilly flowers (Winters Tale). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Daffodils, Violets, Primroses, Oxlips, Crown-imperial, Lilies and Flower-de-lace (The Winters Tale). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn

Lavender, Mints, Savory, Marjoram and Marigold (Winters Tale). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe

Hawthorns and Brambles (As You Like It). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Green Holly (As You Like It). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Daisies, Violets, Ladiesmocks and Cuckoo-buds (Loves Labours Lost). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe

Woodbine, Honeysuckle, Ivy and Elm (Midsummer Nights Dream). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe

Moss, Mistletoe and Yew (Titus Andronicus). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Red Roses (King Richard III). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Wheat, rye, barley, vetcehs, oats and peas. The Tempest. Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London

Red-rose and White rose (King Henry VI). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Cowslip Burnet, Clover, Docks, Thistles, Kecksies and Burs (King Henry V). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare

Strawberry, Nettle and Summer-grass (King Henry V). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Lilies and Roses (King John). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Samphire (King Lear). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Fumiter, Furrow weeds, Hardocks, Hemlock, Nettles, Cuckow-flowers, Darnell and Corn (King Lear). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn

Small Flower or poppy (Romeo and Juliet). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Primrose, Hare-bell, Eglantine and Moss (Cymbeline). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Willow, Crow flowers, Nettles, Daisies, and Long-purples (Hamlet). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe

Title page with calligraphic title and floral vignette
Title page with calligraphic title Flowers of Shakspeare and vignette of roses, honeysuckle and thistles. Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn

Gentleman fencer in third position of extension or thrust. Copperplate engraving by C. Grignion after an illustration drawn from life by J. Roberts from Mr. J

Fencer in second position of garde de quarte
Gentleman fencer in second position of garde de quarte. Copperplate engraving by D Jenkins after an illustration from life by J. Roberts from Mr. J

Gentlemen in first position to draw his sword
First position to draw the epee. Gentleman fencer about to draw his sword, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by D. Jenkins from Mr. J

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