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Leuk Baths, Leuk, Switzerland: interior. Coloured etching by P.C. Geissler after himself.
Geissler, Peter Carl, 1802-1872.Reference: 20239i
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Consult me, to know how to cook : ... on household management and economy ... on diseases and their remedies ... on the games of chess, draughts, &c.
Date: 1868
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Children play a game with potatoes and a rag hanging from the beam. Process print after Erskine Nicol.
Nicol, Erskine, 1825-1904.Date: 4 July 1891Reference: 29226i
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Children playing at creating the effect of a wet day with bellows, watering-can and an umbrella. Chromolithograph after E. Lees after A. Havers, 1890.
Havers, Alice, 1850-1890.Date: 1890Reference: 16197i
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Bagnigge Wells: the gardens, with people taking tea, playing bowls, etc. Coloured process print after a drawing made in 1830.
Reference: 38747i
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Records of big game : with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements / by Rowland Ward, F.Z.S.
Ward, Rowland, 1848?-1912.Date: 1910
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Consult me : how to cook... on confectionery... how to brew... on household management and economy... on diseases and their remedies... on games of cards, chess... how to dye... consult me as to married women's property... on the cold water cure, and on a thousand other things.
Philp, Robert Kemp, 1819-1882.Date: [1902]
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Medusa presiding over groups of satyrs who are gambling; representing gambling or gaming as a passion. Etching by J. Audran after C. Gillot.
Gillot, Claude, 1673-1722.Reference: 26876i
Part of: Les passions de l'homme exprimées par les satyres
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Krishna playing hide and seek with two female companions. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 27850i
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Natürliches Zauber-Buch oder neueröfneter Spielplatz rarer Künste, [Bd. I] erster[-zwanzigster] Theil im welchem nicht allein alle Taschenspieler, und andere curiöse mathematische und physicalische Künste sondern auch die gebräuchlichen Karten-Würfel-Billard-Damen und andere Spiele aufs genaueste beschrieben mit vielen Figuren erläutert werden / [Simon Witgeest].
Witgeest, Simon, active 1682.Date: 1781
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Hudson's Dry Soap lathers freely, softens water, and should always be used for washing ... scouring ... cleaning ... / R.S. Hudson.
R.S. Hudson Limited.Date: [1880?]
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London Ophthalmic Infirmary, and the Catholic church, Finsbury. Coloured engraving by R. Acon after T. H. Shepherd.
Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer)Reference: 25526i
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A crowd watches as two men gamble; representing the phrenological faculty of acquisitiveness. Steel engraving by L.A. Portier, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
Bruyères, Hippolyte.Date: [1847]Reference: 27617i
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Hot Baths at Leuk, Switzerland: interior showing patients bathing. Process print after A. Forestier.
Forestier, A. (Amédée), 1854-1930.Reference: 20241i
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An employee is caught neglecting his work as he drinks and plays skittles. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.
Wilson, T. C.Date: [1840?]Reference: 25946i
Part of: The life of a working man
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Christ's Hospital, London: the exterior, with boys playing. Coloured engraving by W. Wilkinson after T. H. Shepherd, 1831.
Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer)Date: 1831Reference: 22627i
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Education by plays and games / by George Ellsworth Johnson.
Johnson, George Ellsworth, 1862-1931.Date: [1907], ©1907
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La gimnástica, ó escuela de la juventad. Tratado elemental de juegos, de exercicios considerados en razon de utilidad física y moral / P.M.A. Amar DuRivier, et L.F. Jauffret.
Amar Du Rivier, Jean-Augustin, 1765-1837.Date: 1807
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Young children playing a game of hide-and-seek. Etching by Adolphe Lalauze after Honoré Fragonard.
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré, 1732-1806.Date: 1881Reference: 27440i
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The science of glorious entertainment : broadcast / games / film ... fuelling creative minds with expertise, inspiration and funding / Wellcome Trust.
Wellcome Trust (London, England)Date: 2014
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St Pancras Wells, King's Cross, London: aerial view showing the "trap ball" ground, with men playing, St Pancras Church in the background. Etching.
Reference: 38750i
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A grandfather ties a blind around his grandson so that he can play blind man's buff with some girls. Photogravure, 1905, after Fred Morgan.
Morgan, Fred, 1847 or 1856-1927.Date: Xmas 1905Reference: 673705i
Part of: Weldon's ladies journal of dress, fashion, needlework, literature & art.
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The three ages of man: a couple embrace, children play with hoops and toys, and an old couple eat at a table. Engraving by P. Fürst, 1652.
Fürst, Paul, approximately 1605-1666.Date: 1652Reference: 26365i
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Veterans watching and participating in a game of bowls. Lithograph by A. Collette, 1853, after E. de Frenne.
Frenne, Emile de, 1814-1893.Date: 1853Reference: 20108i
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Charterhouse Hospital School, London: boys playing cricket. Engraving by J. Rogers after T. H. Shepherd, 1830.
Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer)Date: 1830Reference: 22271i

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Leuk Baths, Leuk, Switzerland: interior. Coloured etching by P.C. Geissler after himself.

Consult me, to know how to cook : ... on household management and economy ... on diseases and their remedies ... on the games of chess, draughts, &c.

Children play a game with potatoes and a rag hanging from the beam. Process print after Erskine Nicol.

Children playing at creating the effect of a wet day with bellows, watering-can and an umbrella. Chromolithograph after E. Lees after A. Havers, 1890.

Bagnigge Wells: the gardens, with people taking tea, playing bowls, etc. Coloured process print after a drawing made in 1830.

Records of big game : with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements / by Rowland Ward, F.Z.S.

Consult me : how to cook... on confectionery... how to brew... on household management and economy... on diseases and their remedies... on games of cards, chess... how to dye... consult me as to married women's property... on the cold water cure, and on a thousand other things.

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

Krishna playing hide and seek with two female companions. Gouache drawing.

Hudson's Dry Soap lathers freely, softens water, and should always be used for washing ... scouring ... cleaning ... / R.S. Hudson.

London Ophthalmic Infirmary, and the Catholic church, Finsbury. Coloured engraving by R. Acon after T. H. Shepherd.

A crowd watches as two men gamble; representing the phrenological faculty of acquisitiveness. Steel engraving by L.A. Portier, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

Hot Baths at Leuk, Switzerland: interior showing patients bathing. Process print after A. Forestier.

An employee is caught neglecting his work as he drinks and plays skittles. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.

Christ's Hospital, London: the exterior, with boys playing. Coloured engraving by W. Wilkinson after T. H. Shepherd, 1831.

Education by plays and games / by George Ellsworth Johnson.

La gimnástica, ó escuela de la juventad. Tratado elemental de juegos, de exercicios considerados en razon de utilidad física y moral / P.M.A. Amar DuRivier, et L.F. Jauffret.

Young children playing a game of hide-and-seek. Etching by Adolphe Lalauze after Honoré Fragonard.

The science of glorious entertainment : broadcast / games / film ... fuelling creative minds with expertise, inspiration and funding / Wellcome Trust.

St Pancras Wells, King's Cross, London: aerial view showing the "trap ball" ground, with men playing, St Pancras Church in the background. Etching.

A grandfather ties a blind around his grandson so that he can play blind man's buff with some girls. Photogravure, 1905, after Fred Morgan.

The three ages of man: a couple embrace, children play with hoops and toys, and an old couple eat at a table. Engraving by P. Fürst, 1652.

Veterans watching and participating in a game of bowls. Lithograph by A. Collette, 1853, after E. de Frenne.

Charterhouse Hospital School, London: boys playing cricket. Engraving by J. Rogers after T. H. Shepherd, 1830.