Historical pastime posters & prints

Historical Pastime John Harris

Sports and pastimes of nobility Unknown

The Humorous Diversion of Sliding on the Ice Benjamin Cole

Men playing swill at Mulberry Garden, Clerkenwell, London Anonymous

Koorai, a Fisherman's Family J Bull

Ice skating Anonymous

St George's Fields, Southwark, London Anonymous

Tric Trac Players, 1610-85 Adriaen van Ostade

Finns playing Kykka, the national game ENA

Billiards, 18th century etching by R.Sayer English School

A pleasant interruption Anonymous

Coasting or Tobogganing at Omaha, 1871 Anonymous

The bowling alley, Sandringham House, Norfolk Anonymous

Chess and Cards Anonymous

Evenings at Home Anonymous

At the Chess Board School English

Ice Skaters, 17th century. Klaes Molenaer

Frontispiece illustration to 'The Compleat Gamester' by Charles Cotton, c.1700 English School

Symptoms of Being Amused Henry Thomas Alken

Chess Anonymous

Children's Pastimes, 1912 Gad Frederick Clement

Symptoms of Being Amused Henry Thomas Alken

Allegorical game of boules English School

The First Skating Lesson. Winter Pastimes Anonymous

Boys' sport from 'Orbis Sensualium Pictus', 1658 John Amos Comenius

Finsbury Fields, London Anonymous

Winter Pastimes, Skating. Anonymous

Gathering of the UK cycling clubs at Castle Inn, Woodford, Essex, 1 June 1889 Unknown

Girls morris dancing, Cosway Street Evening Institute for Women, London, 1914 Unknown

Croquet, c.1650 English School

The laughing audience William Hogarth

Servant Boy 1874 Anonymous

A British cycle club out for a country ride, 1895 Unknown

Afternoon Pastimes, Edward R. King

A memento of James Southerton's benefit cricket match Anonymous

Relaxing in the Social Hall, Cosway Street Evening Institute for Women, London, 1914 Unknown