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Billiards

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  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam], St. George's Fields, Lambeth: the billiard room. Wood engraving by F. Vizetelly, 1860.
  • An Italian medical student leans casually against a billiard table, polishing his cue. Lithograph by the Perrotta brothers after Colomnca[?].
  • A doctor reading the 'Lancet' in a gentleman's club: another member states it is boring, and suggests they play billiards which the doctor would find more boring. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1883.
  • A group of man and boys are gathered around a billiard table watching as two people play a game. Coloured lithograph.
  • Putti deprive a bird of air in a vacuum experiment, one plays at billiards, another plays with magnetised keys, while outside a storm rages: representing physics. Etching by B. Picart, 1729, after himself.
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    An interior of a games room: anthropomorphic figures playing, drinking, and smoking. Colour lithograph.

    | Reference: 11742i
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    A doctor reading the 'Lancet' in a gentleman's club: another member states it is boring, and suggests they play billiards which the doctor would find more boring. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1883.

    Keene, Charles, 1823-1891. | Date: 1883 | Reference: 14280i
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    Putti deprive a bird of air in a vacuum experiment, one plays at billiards, another plays with magnetised keys, while outside a storm rages: representing physics. Etching by B. Picart, 1729, after himself.

    Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733. | Date: 1729 | Reference: 25667i
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    An Italian medical student leans casually against a billiard table, polishing his cue. Lithograph by the Perrotta brothers after Colomnca[?].

    | Reference: 18029i
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    The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam], St. George's Fields, Lambeth: the billiard room. Wood engraving by F. Vizetelly, 1860.

    Vizetelly, Frederick, active 1860. | Date: 1860 | Reference: 39258i
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