Playing Collection (page 99)

Tours & Excursions, Emerald Isle
A montage of Irish scenes and landmarks, including the Giants Causeway, Connemara, Killarney, Rostrevor, and a lady playing a harp

Tea Time by Muriel Dawson
A little girl with blonde hair sits in a chair and solemnly feeds her baby doll

The Young Artist by Muriel Dawson
A little girl with brown curly hair, wearing a pink dress occupies herself drawing a sweet picture while sat at an easel

High Tide by Muriel Dawson
A child in a striped bathing suit and large green straw hat, has fun in the sea playing with a bucket. Date: c.1930

The Star Turn by Muriel Dawson
A small child in red dungarees blows bubbles from a bubble pipe watched with interest by a pet dog and a toy teddy bear

Sketches of Tiger Cubs playing

One Pail Full by Muriel Dawson
A small child with a shock of blonde curls gets busy at the beach filling a bucket with sea water

Oh Look by Muriel Dawson
A toddler sits playing in the sand on a beach wearing a green sun dress and a huge wide brimmed sun hat, and is surprised to see a small crab appear in her bucket of sand

The Sunbather by Muriel Dawson
Back view of a little girl dressed in a swimsuit and sun bonnet while playing with a bucket on a sandy beach

Hello, Hello, Good Things Next Week by Muriel Dawson
A small child plays a fanfare on a toy trumpet watched by an assortment of unimpressed looking toy animals

Hoopee by Muriel Dawson
A happy little girl in a blue coat with mittens holds up a colourful hula hoop

The Humorist Summer Number 1939
Bright and jolly front cover design for The Humorist magazine Summer Number by William Heath Robinson featuring a number of bathers paddling and playing about in the sea

Little girl with walking stick and toy bugle, Scotland
A little girl with a walking stick and a toy bugle, somewhere in Scotland

The tea party by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Two little girls sit down solemnly to a tea party accompanied by their pet dog and several dolls

See-Saw by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Four children play together on a rudimentary see-saw, although one little girl seems to have fallen off one end

Ride a rocking horse by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Two little boys ride a rocking horse rather energetically. The one at the back appears to be hanging on for dear life. Date: c.1925

Pick-a-Back by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Three children enjoy themselves playing piggy back or pick a back

On the Swing by Susan Beatrice Pearse
A little girl sails through the air on a tree swing, pointing her feet to the clouds, while her friend watches from the ground

Flying kites by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Two children run up a hill to fly their jolly looking kites

Ring-a-Roses by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Three little girls have fun holding hands and dancing round in a circle in a game of ring-a-roses

Building a Castle by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Two children sit contentedly and construct a castle from building blocks

Blowing Bubbles by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Two children sit with a bowl of soap suds and blow bubbles through pipes

S Teerwood. Driving the car
A little boy, his sister and the family dog play at driving a big car in their driveway. Don t touch the hand brake!

Parish Workhouse, Hawkhurst, Kent
A timber framed building on the Moor in Hawkhurst, Kent, that once served as the parish workhouse. Children play nearby and an older boy carries a gardening fork and other tools

Dancing the Fandango, Catalonia (Spain). A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Cricket by John Hassall
A group of young men play a game of cricket

The Army and Navy by John Hassall
A group of ragamuffin children play at soldiers by using various bits of home hardware such as buckets and brushes as their armour and weaponry

Skating by John Hassall
A group of boys enjoy some rough and tumble while sledging and skating in the snow

Seaside frolics by John Hassall
A group of children enjoy themselves at the seaside. Some dig in the sand, build sandcastles and play games on the beach, while some others splash around in the shallows using a plank of old wood as

Playing at Indians by May Smith
A group of children play at being native American Indians while camping in a woodland glade

Hockey by John Hassall
A group of boys play a rather rough and violent game of hockey

Kites by John Hassall
A group of boys fly a number of kites on a hill, resulting in a few accidents

Dressed for a Charade
A small boy dressed in a confusing variety of historical fancy dress items presents himself for an elaborate game of charades

Condolences Card
A rather bizarre condolences card - part of a Mourning Series ! An Angel is shown plucking at an angelic harp before a large silver cross and the bright rays of the sun as doves fly by

Patient playing darts, Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing a patient in dressing gown and pyjamas playing darts in a rest room

Approach to Music, piano music cover
Cover design for a piano tutor, Approach to Music, Book I, entitled " How do you do, Mr Piano", by Tobias Matthay (1858-1945)

Brother and Sister with their cycles
A brother and sister pose in their attractive back garden with their cycles. The boy sits on a tricycle and the girl stand propped up against her bicycle

Young boy in a model train with his elder brother
A young boy plays at being the driver of his fine model train, while his elder brother stands alongside. The young engine driver is wearing a special hat

Young boy in toy car
A young boy in a toy car poses for his picture in a photographic studio. The miniature vehicle has a slender steering wheel, horn and number plate

Brother and Sister with fine Go-cart
A small boy (driving) and his elder sister (standing) with their fantastic homemade Go-cart, seemingly constructed out of fruit boxes supported on the chassis of a former large upright pram

Two brothers and their Go-cart
Two brothers, one little more than toddler, play in a Go-cart in their suburban garden

Family photo with children in Go-cart
A late Victorian family pose in their backyard, the three children (of decreasing age) sit proudly in their fantastic homemade toy go-cart, entitled Swift

Posing with a toy pedal car
Two children, probably a brother and sister pose for the camera with a toy which looks half way between a pedal car and a tricycle

Young boy in an elegant toy car
A young blond boy in a wide-brimmed hat and shorts sits proudly in a shiny new toy car, complete with lamp lights mounted on the bonnet

Children on a tricycle
Two adorable children pose for their picture while riding a smart looking tricycle. A little boy in his finest Sunday best outfit takes charge of steering

Boy on a wheeled horse
A very solemn and serious looking little boy, trussed up in a white sailor suit sits astride a toy horse which is fixed to three wheels - a sort of horcycle?

Pedal car fatigue
A small child with a shock of blond hair, looks a bit fed up as they pose in a pedal car with a woman, possibly mother

A boy and his car
A little boy of about five or six years old looks as pleased as punch as he poses next to his very smart, luxurious and large toy pedal car

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