Range of voluntary, intrinsically motivated activities done for recreational pleasure and enjoyment

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Half-clothed Tilottama flying in the sky playing with a red ball. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

A white telephone on a pink background advertising AIDS counselling services offered by health authorities and voluntary organizations; with the message ''You do not get AIDS from playing". Colour lithograph by Papen, Hansen, ca. 1995.

A female servant holds a small child while its fashionably dressed mother touches its face on her way out. Wood engraving by J. Thompson, 1840, after D. Wilkie.

A couple looking lovingly and playing with their baby in a happy domestic environment. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1787.

Two young children hide as two adults come into the room where the children have been playing with their precious antiques. Engraving by T.A. Dean after J. Jenkins.

A convalescent soldier from Waterloo sitting with his wife and children. Engraving by G.T. Doo, 1847, after W. Mulready.

Sunlight Soap makes washing play / Lever Brothers Limited.

A young child sitting at a table using dominoes as building blocks. Engraving by A.& E. Varin after A. Anker.

A group of children playing at being doctors and pharmacists, mother and grandmother approach through a door. Photogravure after F. Hardy.

Medusa presiding over groups of satyrs who are gambling; representing gambling or gaming as a passion. Etching by J. Audran after C. Gillot.

One boy is holding his mouth open as another aims to throw a cherry for him to catch, two girls look on in amusement. Engraving by H. Bourne after W. Mulready.

Rompa : Spring/Summer 2014 : the complete sensory resource for all generations / Rompa Ltd.

The Penguin book of playgroups / Joyce Lucas and Vivienne McKennell.

Children playing a game with one of them being pulled along on a baby-walker with ribbons. Etching by N. Larmessin, 1735, after N. Lancret.

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One boy is holding his mouth open as another aims to throw a cherry for him to catch, two girls look on in amusement. Engraving by H. Bourne after W. Mulready.

Rompa : Spring/Summer 2014 : the complete sensory resource for all generations / Rompa Ltd.

A white telephone on a pink background advertising AIDS counselling services offered by health authorities and voluntary organizations; with the message ''You do not get AIDS from playing". Colour lithograph by Papen, Hansen, ca. 1995.

The Penguin book of playgroups / Joyce Lucas and Vivienne McKennell.

Children playing a game with one of them being pulled along on a baby-walker with ribbons. Etching by N. Larmessin, 1735, after N. Lancret.

Play

Images from the collections

Images referencing Play

Works from the collections

One boy is holding his mouth open as another aims to throw a cherry for him to catch, two girls look on in amusement. Engraving by H. Bourne after W. Mulready.

Rompa : Spring/Summer 2014 : the complete sensory resource for all generations / Rompa Ltd.

A white telephone on a pink background advertising AIDS counselling services offered by health authorities and voluntary organizations; with the message ''You do not get AIDS from playing". Colour lithograph by Papen, Hansen, ca. 1995.

The Penguin book of playgroups / Joyce Lucas and Vivienne McKennell.

Children playing a game with one of them being pulled along on a baby-walker with ribbons. Etching by N. Larmessin, 1735, after N. Lancret.

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