Played Collection (page 7)

Fashionable Tennis
A ladies doubles match, played in fashionable clothes

Amphion Builds Thebes
Amphion was so skilful a musician that he was able to build the city of Thebes, making the stones dance into place as he played

Knur & Spell Game
An enthralled crowd watch a game of Knur and Spell, traditionally played in the North of England from Medieval times, from the Norse nurspel ( ball game )

Theatre / Exotic / Masks
Three beautifully painted masks for use on the stage in China. Pattern and colour played a significant part in the detemination of the characters role

KRIEGSPIEL PLAYED
Brigade of Guards playing Kriegspiel at Horse Guards

Marbles Championships
ENGLAND: RING TAW Good Friday at Tinsley Green, West Sussex a game of marbles is played. Originated in the Elizabethan era when 2 suitors played for the hand of a girl

Marbles Cotest / 1950
ENGLAND: RING TAW Good Friday at Tinsley Green, West Sussex a game of marbles is played. Originated in the Elizabethan era when 2 suitors played for the hand of a girl

Marbles Contest / 1950
ENGLAND: RING TAW Good Friday at Tinsley Green, West Sussex a game of marbles is played. Originated in the Elizabethan era when 2 suitors played for the hand of a girl

Alphabet / O for Organ-Boy
An organ-boy entertaining children accompanied by a monkey

William Gillette / Vfair
WILLIAM GILLETTE American actor and dramatist, in the role of Sherlock Holmes

Wall Game / Eton / 1906
ST ANDREWs DAY AT ETON A bully is played during a match between the Collagers and Oppidans at the Wall, the Collagers won, their first victory since 1896

John Pym / De Gucht
JOHN PYM English M.P. who played an active role in Parliamentary opposition to King Charles I

Customs / 1st April / Fool
A smart gentlemen is NOT amused by the prank played on him on April Fools Day

JP MORGAN / MUNSEYs 1906
JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN American banker and financier who played the foremost part in organising the United States Steel Corporation

Hms Invincible
Battle-cruiser HMS Invincible played a crucial role in the Battle of the Falklands in 1914, sinking the German vessels Scharnhorst and Gneisnau

Cricket in the 18th Cen
Cricket being played at The Royal Academy Club in Marylebone Fields

Storer / Derby County F bl
Harry Storer, player for Derby County (he also played cricket for Derbyshire)

General De Torcy
GENERAL DE TORCY French military in Madagascar, who played a leading part in the conquest and pacification of the island

Left out of Card Game
The odd one out: a young woman is left out of the card game played by three men and an older lady

C18 Kite Flying
Kite flying was amongst the games played by children in the eighteenth century

Sport / Gryllo
A strange game, Gryllo, based on double-wicket cricket, but played with lawn tennis racquets instead of bats. A net at each end of the pitch takes the place of the stumps!

Real Tennis Game 1658
The ball is played against a side wall

Pall Mall Game C18
Gentleman enjoy a game of pall mall, a French hybrid of golf and croquet played on a large strip of land; the idea is to hit a ball through a raised hoop

Female Egyptian Musician
A female musician plays the TAMBOURAH, a stringed instrument played with the bow - a reminder how ancient this form of instrument is !

Japan - the Kokyu
A Japanese musician plays the KOKYU, a string instrument played with a bow

Japan - the Koto
A Japanese musician plays the KOTO, a harp-like instrument played horizontally on the floor till the player collapses from back-ache

Boys Play Dominoes
Evening relaxtion at the Kings Youth Hostel, Dolgelly, Wales, as dominoes and chess are played

Draupadi and Duhsasanar
DRAUPADI, the polyandrous wife of the Katava brothers, is attacked by prince DUHSASANA who drags her into the sabha (assembly) where the fatal dice-game is played

Johann Von Oesterreich
ARCHDUKE JOHANN OF AUSTRIA Son of Leopold II, commanded Austrian Army in Napoleonic Wars, statesman who played a prominent role in the 1848 uprisings, chosen Regent

Norman Heatley
NORMAN G HEATLEY English scientist who played a crucial role in the discovery of penicillin : at work in his Cambridge laboratory in the early 1940s

Hereward Tricks William
HEREWARD THE WAKE How Hereward played the Potter and tricked the King (William the Conqueror): Then Hereward looked at the face of the great man and met his match

Ancient Greek Games
A selection of weird and wonderful games played by the ancient Greeks

Foot Shuttlecock
In China, the game of shuttlecock is played with the feet rather than with a handheld battledore

Titanic / Music Sheet (Fr)
Nearer My God To Thee (" Plus Pre De Toi Mon Dieu" ) French music sheet of the hymn played by the band on the deck of the Titanic as the ship sank

Futuristic recorded message
In the year 2000, people will send messages one to another in the form of wax cylinders, recorded on the senders gramophone, delivered by messenger, then played by the recipient

Sport / Football / 16Thc
Football played in Italy during the 16th Century

Game / Forfeits 1828
Forfeits played at an evening party

Early French Tennis
An early game of tennis played in the Champs Elysees, Paris

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