Playing Collection (page 9)

Stradivarius / Postcard
ANTONIUS STRADIVARIUS or ANTONIO STRADIVARI Italian violin maker of Cremona; he also made other stringed instruments

Newbury Theatre 1803
Theatre at Newbury

Old Chinese Manuscript
Fragment from a manuscript of the Uigur dynasty : figures are shown writing and reading, and one is playing a lute-like musical instrument

Rooftop Golf
Hotels in New York (Hotel Ogden in this photo) built golf courses, and even held tournaments, to keep the businessmans mind off the Depression

Girls with Toy Train Set
Two little girls (Princesses Astrid and Ragnhild of Norway) playing with their toy train set

Sailors Playing Bingo
Le Lot (bingo), played by French sailors

Whist Party at Athenaeum
Anthony Trollope, Abraham Hayward, W E Forster and Sir George Jessel play whist at the Athenaeum Club, London

Bridge-Playing Girl 1907
A young woman in a red dress suffering from a shocking evening at bridge

WAGNER / LIEBIG / 3 / 1858
RICHARD WAGNER German composer in 1858, at the Wesendonck villa, Zurich

Lippersheys Lenses
The legendary account of the invention of the telescope : Hans Lippersheys apprentices, playing with lenses, happen to hold two of them up together - the rest is history

Stevenson Bed Flageolet
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON The Scottish writer and poet playing the flageolet in bed in Vailima

Greenwich Park 1802
Fun and games in Greenwich Park on a Whitmonday - a bank holiday : picnicking, dancing to a barrel organ, playing games and generally making the most of the day Date: 1802

Alfred in Danes Camp
Alfred the Great disguises himself as a wandering musician and plays the harp in the camp of the Danes while gathering information about their military strength

Fortune Teller 1950S
A fortune teller reads a mans fortune for him by candlelight, using a pack of ordinary playing cards

Model Aeroplanes 1930S
Playing with model aeroplanes on Wimbledon Common, London, England

Charles Glenney, Actor
CHARLES GLENNEY actor who is reported as playing many roles about this time : here he is as Don John in Shakespeares Much ado about nothing 1883

Reading the Cards
French manual on how to tell fortunes with playing cards

Queen of Hearts & Rose
The QUEEN OF HEARTS holding a rose

Homer / Phillipoteaux
HOMER Blind Greek poet singing to sailors

Children Playing, Knole
Children playing games in the Long Gallery at Knole, Kent

13th Century Harpist
A man in a regal state habit playing the harp Date: 13th century

Playing Card Assortment
An assortment of cards from an old pack

Selection of Spades
A selection of spades : the 10, Knave, Queen, King, Ace

Frog in the Middle Game
Children playing Frog in the Middle - they form a ring around one child

Western passengers on a Nile steamer
A group of western passengers on a Nile steamer, listening to a young woman play the piano

Summer Holidays in the British Isles, with Cooks
Cover illustration for Summer Holidays in the British Isles, with Cooks World Travel Service, showing a West Country scene with people playing on a sandy beach, fishing nets and seagulls

Whist. Pl 1
WHIST. PL 1

Client: Rhona Roy - Model: Pattie Boyd - Shoot on February 13, 1964 (3/3). The first shoot with the iconic 1960s model by Nancy Sandys Walker

Client: Rhona Roy - Model: Pattie Boyd - Shoot on February 13, 1964. The first shoot with the iconic 1960s model by Nancy Sandys Walker (2/3). Date: 1964

Client: Rhona Roy - Model: Pattie Boyd - Shoot on February 13, 1964. The first shoot with the iconic 1960s model by Nancy Sandys Walker (1/3). Date: 1964

WW2 - Wartime shoot for Harper's Bazaar - Worth
WW2 - Wartime shoot for Harper's Bazaar July/August 1944 issue - Elegant Black evening dress by Worth - American GI soldier - shoot date: April 26, 1944 (on location not studio)

Shoot for Vanity Fair - Black Dress, lace neckline - taken at 6 Hamilton Place, Mayfair, London - October 29, 1959 Date: 1959

Original Artwork - Card King kisses Card Queen
Original Artwork - Design for a Valentine or bridge-related greetings card - The playing card King gives his playing card Queen a kiss on the cheek. Date: circa 1937

Tenement buildings, East London
Tenement buildings in East London, with washing drying, and children playing. Date: circa 1950s

The Song to the Moon - Kay Nielsen
The Song to the Moon - The Art of Kay Nielsen. Date: 1913

A strange ghostly apparition caught on camera
A strange ghostly apparition caught in a photograph taken in a family home on Sunday, 30th March, 1986. The photograph was supposed to be depicting the 10 year-old boy (Andrew Burlington)

London Ragged School, Battersea 1890s
The London Ragged Schools Union was established in April 1844 to combine resources in the city, providing free education, food, clothing, lodging and other home missionary services for poor children

Swinoujscie, Poland (formerly Swinemunde in Prussia)
Bathers with their marvelous wickerwork seats on the beach at the Baltic Sea Coastal resort of Swinoujscie, Poland (formerly Swinemunde in German Prussia) Date: 1905

George Morris inventor of the 12 volt electric Welsh Harp
George Morris inventor of the 12 volt portable electric Welsh Harp, testing his invention in the hills of Snowdonia, North Wales Date: 1988

The old outdoor swimming pool at Portstewart, County Derry
A small boy fishes with a net in the old outdoor swimming pool at Portstewart, County Derry, Northern Ireland. This area is now redeveloped as The Crescent Play Park

Rossetti Studios (right) at 72 Flood Street, Chelsea, London. Edward Holland built this block containing seven purpose-built artist studios, completed around 1896

Bottlenose dolphins - dancing underwater (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions

Molly in the Garden by Mark Symons, a painter working in the realist style between the wars. Date: 1930

Kobe, Japan - A komuso (monk of the Fuke sect) wearing a basket hat (tengai or tengui) and playing the shakuhachi bamboo flute. Date: 1928

George Grossmith, comedian, playing piano (3 of 4) Date: 1890s

George Grossmith, comedian, playing piano (2 of 4) Date: 1890s

George Grossmith, comedian, playing piano (1 of 4) Date: 1890s

George Grossmith, comedian, four views playing piano Date: 1890s

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