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Jazz orchestra by the pool on board the MauretaniaA jazz orchestra entertains passengers by the pool on board the ocean liner, the Mauretania, just one of the many amusements available. Date: 1931
Men playing billiards in a club. Date: circa 1910s
A Little Impression by H. M. BatemanSomeone elses table - a little impression, by H. M. Bateman. A game of billiards descends into raucous laughter as one player accidentally rips a hole in the green baize. Date: 1918
Komuso Buddhist monks, Japan. They wear a straw basket (tengai) over their head and play a bamboo flute (shakuhachi). Date: circa 1890s
Golf club soapMargerisons golf club soap 1899 Date: 1899
Silhouette of stylish couple dancing
Golf Clubs & Golfers - Woodcote Park Golf Club, CoulsdonA series of caricatures of the members of Woodcote Park golf club in Coulsdon, Surrey
H. G. Wells playing Little WarsH.G.Wells playing Little Wars. His book of the same name, published in 1913, described a set of rules for playing with toy soldiers
Birthday Greetings postcard - A family of Cats at home, sitting and playing around the fire. Date: circa 1922
Two kittens with a drumkitUnusual Friends - two kittens with a drumkit. 1950s
Old Japanese Matchbox label of a cat playing with a lion made in Japan for the Chinese market Date: c. 1910s
Kay Snap - Mr Bobby the Policeman. 1930s
Cheery Families - Master Butt the Brewers Son. 1890s
Cheery Families - Mrs Butt the Brewers Wife. 1890s
Frank RiseleyFrank Lorymer Riseley (1877 - 1959), British tennis player. Date: 1904
Raphael Kirchner - Art Nouveau Girl playing the harp from the Greek Virgins postcard series. Date: 1900
Meat Loaf in concert, Penwith, CornwallMeat Loaf in concert at the Penwith Rock Festival, Cornwall. Date: 1983
The Scotsman Who Gave His Opponent That, by H. M. BatemanA humorous golfing illustration Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch, the Tatler and the Bystander
Paddy the PiperAn itinerant Irish piper sitting at the roadside, playing his full set of uilleann pipes. Date: circa 1904
Fortuna by Ernest BoardPainting depicting a blindfolded woman playing a fateful game of cards. Date: 1911
Dandelion Clock by Muriel DawsonCharming illustration of a small child, probably a little boy in blue smock and shorts seated on a small tuffet of grass and blowing a dandelion clock while clutching a favourite doll in his other
Piano playingA small boy sits at a piano and practises his scales conscientiously
Pipe Major of The Scots Guards in full ceremonial dress. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Physical education, netballFour girls playing netball, one tall girl takes a shot, the others await the rebound. Did she score?...we ll never know
Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878 - 1960), English tennis player and seven time winner of the ladies singles title at Wimbledon between 1903 and 1914
The House That Jack Built, by G. Grenville MantonA colour illustration portraying a sailor showing a little boy how to build a house of playing cards
W. G. Grace batting at Gravesend, 1913Photograph of Dr. William Gilbert Grace (1848-1915) batting in the Gravesend vs. Eltham cricket match, held at Gravesend cricket ground, 1913
Wodehouse / Jeeves / WoosterFront cover of Piccadilly Jim, showing a couple playing footsie beneath the dining table
George FormbyEntertainer George Formby (1904-1961) and his wife Beryl Formby, nee Ingham (1901-1960), also a variety artist. Date: 1940
A view of Eden Roc on the French RivieraA view of the fashionable French Riviera destination, Eden Roc, where a bathing and sunbathing complex was fashioned out of the rocky coastal outcrop
Children playing in Milton Street, Belfast, Northern IrelandChildren playing in Milton Street in Belfast, Northern Ireland -- some are swinging on ropes round a lamppost, while others are riding in a go-cart. Date: 1969
Golf Club, Hyannisport, Cape Cod, Mass, USA, with two men playing on the green. Date: 1926
Wonders of the cinema organ by G. H. DavisNoises played for films: wonders of the cinema organ. Thunder, shots and tom-toms controlled by an organist: a film-theatre organ that creates sound effects. Date: 1929
Little girl playing in a garden by Muriel DawsonA little girl in a red smock standing in a garden, by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1920s
Princess Elizabeth and corgisPrincess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) pictured at her childhood home of 145 Piccadilly playing with the familys corgis. Date: 1936
Arnold Palmer
The Beach - Montrose, ScotlandThe Beach - Montrose, Angus, Scotland Date: circa 1910s
Tatler front cover / Prince Philip, July 1962Prince Philip playing polo for Windsor Park against Silver Leys, photographed for the front cover of The Tatler in 1962. A well-known and skilful polo player
Bhupinder Singh, Maharajah of Patiala playing cricketMaharajah Bhupinder Singh of Patiala (1891 - 1938) playing cricket. Perhaps best known for his extravagance, the Maharajah nevertheless worked for the betterment of social conditions within his
The Party by Muriel DawsonA little girl in a pink dress entertains her toys with a tea party in her playroom
Sand Pies by Muriel DawsonA small blonde girl in a sunsuit and sun bonnet studiously mixes sand in a bucket
Small girl in a pedal carA little girl grins for the camera as she poses in a sleek and speedy looking pedal sports car somewhere close to the sea, as evidenced by the deckchairs in the background, lining the promenade
A 1950s Family Living RoomA classic nuclear family in their living room, the children playing with a train set, the Father reading his book or magazine in a comfy chair
German Playing Card PackAn assortment of playing cards: kings, queens and knaves
Between Berlin and Rome - Otto von Bismarck and Pope Leo XIII play a straegic game of chess. Cartoon from Kladderadatsch, 1875
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART the Austrian composer playing the harpsichord
Peter Pan / Michael & NanaMichael rides on the back of the dog Nana
Girls Playing CricketTwo energetic and enthusiastic girls playing cricket. One girl screeches to a halt with her cricket bat, whilst the other tries to catch her out at the wicket!
