Historical pastime posters & prints

Historical Pastime John Harris

Sports and pastimes of nobility Unknown

Men playing swill at Mulberry Garden, Clerkenwell, London Anonymous

The Humorous Diversion of Sliding on the Ice Benjamin Cole

St George's Fields, Southwark, London Anonymous

Ice skating Anonymous

The bowling alley, Sandringham House, Norfolk Anonymous

Finns playing Kykka, the national game ENA

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

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

Tric Trac Players, 1610-85 Adriaen van Ostade

Children's Pastimes, 1912 Gad Frederick Clement

Symptoms of Being Amused Henry Thomas Alken

Allegorical game of boules English School

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

Symptoms of Being Amused Henry Thomas Alken

A pleasant interruption Anonymous

Coasting or Tobogganing at Omaha, 1871 Anonymous

Chess Anonymous

At the Chess Board School English

Ice Skaters, 17th century. Klaes Molenaer

Finsbury Fields, London Anonymous

Chess and Cards Anonymous

Servant Boy 1874 Anonymous

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

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

Evenings at Home Anonymous

The First Skating Lesson. Winter Pastimes Anonymous

Winter Pastimes, Skating. Anonymous

A memento of James Southerton's benefit cricket match Anonymous

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

Croquet, c.1650 English School

Couple playing cards c.1500 Israhel van the younger Meckenem

The laughing audience William Hogarth

Sioux ball players Myers and Co

Afternoon Pastimes, Edward R. King