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  • A couple look on as a nanny looks after four children and plays games with them. Wood engraving.
  • A woman plays the harp and sings, but her husband sleeps. Colour process print, 1891, after Thomas Rowlandson.
  • A man plays a tambourine as a bear with its arms held back is encouraged to dance. Watercolour.
  • Daniel O'Connell plays chess with Lord Melbourne while Britannia watches. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1837.
  • A naked man plays tennis, mounts steps, walks down steps and climbs a ladder. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • An employee is caught neglecting his work as he drinks and plays skittles. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.
  • A clothed woman empties a bucket, walks up and down steps and plays tennis. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A woman teaches religion to a boy, while his sister plays with their dog. Stipple engraving after R. Westall.
  • A blind man plays the fiddle to a family audience. Colour engraving by J. Burnet after D. Wilkie, 1806.
  • A blind musician plays the koto to a gathering of women dressed in ornate kimonos. Coloured woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1849/1852.
  • A naked man plays tennis, lifts dumb-bells, walks on his hands and mounts steps. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A young woman plays the piano while a young man leans and listens. Etching by Swain after M.E. Edwards.
  • One figure plays the piano and another the violin: two onlookers stand in the background. Process print after R. Boix.
  • The deathbed of a man: a tonsured monk plays the organ while another monk mourns. Drawing by George du Maurier, 1883.
  • A girl plays with her doll by an open window where a bird cage is hanging. Wood engraving by G. Roux.
  • A man with a wooden leg plays the violin while his wife and children accompany him with a song. Coloured lithograph.
  • A man has fallen asleep as a young woman plays the piano. Etching and aquatint by Thomas Rowlandson after himself, 1784.
  • The deathbed of a man: a tonsured monk plays the organ while another monk mourns. Drawing by George du Maurier, 1883.
  • Saint Cecilia: she plays the harp, while an angel sings. Engraving by J. Bouillard, 1804, after Dubois after P. Mignard, 1691.
  • A dancing class: a girl and a boy stand in first position, as the teacher plays the violin. Etching by G. Cruikshank.
  • Apollo, god of literature, plays his harp; a town goes about its rituals. Engraving by J. Sadeler after J. van der Straet, 1594.
  • Westerners at Yokohama, Japan, enjoying a lavish tea ceremony as a cellist plays to them. Coloured woodcut by Chikahisa, c. 1865, after Yoshikazu.
  • A girl plays the piano as a young woman accompanies her on the violin. Chromolithograph by Thurwanger frères, 1878, after F.-L. Lanfant.
  • The warrior Guan Yu plays at 'go' (board game) while the surgeon Hua T'o operates on his arm. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1853.
  • The warrior Guan Yu plays at 'go' (board game) while the surgeon Hua T'o operates on his arm. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1853.
  • The warrior Guan Yu plays at 'go' (board game) while the surgeon Hua T'o operates on his arm. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1853.
  • The warrior Guan Yu plays at 'go' (board game) while the surgeon Hua T'o operates on his arm. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1853.
  • A mother feeding a baby while her daughter plays on a swing: World Health Day in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, 2005.
  • A young man sings and turns the pages of the music as a girl plays the piano. Colour wood engraving (?) after George Cruikshank.
  • A young woman listens with her eyes cast down as her companion plays a harp. Pen and ink drawing by Sir Joseph Noël Paton.