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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.
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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.

    Mulready, William, 1786-1863. | Date: 1869 | Reference: 33286i
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    Rompa : Spring/Summer 2014 : the complete sensory resource for all generations / Rompa Ltd.

    Rompa Ltd. | Date: 2014
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    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.

    | Date: [1995?] | Reference: 675393i
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    The Penguin book of playgroups / Joyce Lucas and Vivienne McKennell.

    Lucas, Joyce. | Date: 1974
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    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.

    Lancret, Nicolas, 1690-1743. | Date: [1735] | Reference: 33269i
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