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Mr. Hoyle's games of whist, quadrille, piquet, chess, and back-gammon. Complete. In which are contained, the method of playing and betting, at those games, upon equal or advantageous Terms. Including the laws of the several games. To which is now first added, Two New Cases at Whist, never before printed: Also, The New Laws of the Game at Whist, As played at White's and Saunders's Chocolate Houses.
Hoyle, Edmond, 1672-1769.Date: [1760?]- Pictures
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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: 25946iPart of: The life of a working man- Pictures
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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- Books
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The compleat gamester: in three parts. Containing, I. The court gamester: Or, Full and Easy Instructions for playing the Games of Ombre, Quadrille, Quintille, Picquet, Basset, Faro, and the Royal Game of Chess. II. The city gamester: Or, True Manner of playing the most usual Games at Cards, viz. Whist, All-Fours, Cribbidge, Put, Lue, Brag, &c. With several diverting Tricks upon the Cards. Also Rules for playing at All the Games both Within and Without the Tables; and at English and French Billiards: With the Laws of each Game annexed, to prevent Disputes. III. The gentleman's diversion: or, the arts of riding, racing, archery, Cocking, and Bowling. Written for the Use of the Young Princesses, by Richard Seymour, Esq;
Seymour, Richard, Esq.Date: 1739- Books
Education by plays and games / by George Ellsworth Johnson.
Johnson, George Ellsworth, 1862-1931.Date: [1907], ©1907- Books
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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- Pictures
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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- Ephemera
The science of glorious entertainment : broadcast / games / film ... fuelling creative minds with expertise, inspiration and funding / Wellcome Trust.
Wellcome Trust (London, England)Date: 2014- Pictures
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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- Pictures
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: 673705iPart of: Weldon's ladies journal of dress, fashion, needlework, literature & art.- Pictures
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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- Books
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The knowledge of play, written for public benefit, and the entertainment of all fair players. Wherein I. It is demonstrated, that fortune has not that power in play, which is commonly ascribed to her. II. The chances of the games of Hazard, Pharao, and Basset, are calculated and determined; proving, that in games of judgment, skill will always get the better of chance. III. By detecting the frauds in play, that eagerness for gameing might be suppressed, to the preservation of estates, and the advancement of the sciences. Translated from the Latin original of John Rizzetti, with improvements by Richard Seymour, Esq; author of the Court-Gamester, and designed as a second part of that work. Addressed to the Prince of Wales.
Rizzetti, Giovanni, -1751.Date: 1729- Pictures
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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- Pictures
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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- Pictures
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Dulwich College: the original buildings, with boys playing and sheep grazing in the foreground. Engraving by [J.] Taylor.
Reference: 25472i- Books
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Consult me, to know how to cook meats, poultry, fish, game, vegetables, soups, gravies, sauces, meat pies, puddings, food for the sick, &c.; consult me on confectionary ... consult me on household management and economy; ... consult me on diseases and their remedies ... consult me on how to dye ... consult me also on a thousand other things.
Date: 1868- Pictures
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The cross bearing Christ is hoisted up before a multitude of lamenters and soldiers. Engraving by N-H. Tardieu after B. Audran after C. le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Reference: 23026i- Books
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Hoyle's games improved: being practical treatises on the following fashionable games, viz. whist, quadrille, piquet, Chess, Back-Cammon, Billiards, Cricket, Tennis, Duinze, Hazard, and Lansquenet. In Which Are Also Contained The Method of Betting at those Games upon equal or advantageous Terms. Including The Laws of the several Games, as settled and agreed to at Whites and Stapleton's Chocolate Houses. Revised and corrected by Thomas Jones, Esq.
Hoyle, Edmond, 1672-1769.Date: M,DCC,LXXVIII. [1778]- Pictures
Children playing "Buffet the bear": a child plays the bear and the others hit it with their hats. Stipple etching, 17--.
Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 2475451i- Pictures
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Serbo-Bulgarian War: a café scene in Nisch where soldiers and the wounded are at leisure. Wood engraving.
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Girls at play in a garden: the frontispiece to Routledge's Every girl's annual. Coloured wood engraving by E. Evans after Kate Greenaway.
Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901.Date: [1881]Reference: 27410i- Pictures
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Charterhouse Hospital, London: boys playing cricket. Engraving by J. Storer after himself, 1804.
Storer, James, 1771-1853.Date: 1804Reference: 22261i- Books
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Malay games / by D. F. A. Hervey.
Hervey, D. F. A.Date: 1903- Pictures
Five children playing. Engraving by E. Smith, ca. 1812, after N. Poussin.
Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665.Date: [1812?]Reference: 3043908i- Pictures
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A woman breastfeeding her child among her busy family. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1786, after A. van Ostade.
Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685.Date: [1786]Reference: 17413i