Historic Sports Activities

A collection of vintage depictions of sports, featuring cricket matches, soldiers playing football, and boys throwing snowballs, illustrating historical sporting culture.

Engraving depicting The Royal Academy Club playing cricket in Marylebone Fields. Original by Francis Hayman (1708-1776) an English painter and illustrator who became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy. Dated 19th century

University Cricket Match at Lords, 1862. George Louis Palmella Busson Du Maurier (British, 1834-1896). Wood engraving;

Holiday in Camp - Soldiers Playing "Foot-Ball" - Sketched by Winslow Homer (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. IX) July 1865 After Winslow Homer American. Holiday in Camp - Soldiers Playing "Foot-Ball" - Sketched by Winslow Homer (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. IX). After Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836-1910 Prouts Neck, Maine). July 1865. Wood engraving. Harper's Weekly (American, 1857-1916). Prints

Engraving depicting The Royal Academy Club playing cricket in Marylebone Fields. Original by Francis Hayman (1708-1776) an English painter and illustrator who became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy. Dated 19th century

THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE ATHLETIC SPORTS

Snowball throws, Anthonij van der Haer, after Adriaen van de Velde, c. 1745 - 1785 print Two boys are about to throw snowballs at a third boy in the foreground. Behind them a frozen river on which a horse with a sled. Northern Netherlands paper etching throwing snowballs. sledge, sleigh (winter sports). skates (winter sports)

Business men's class , Business people, Physical fitness, Young Men's Christian Association of the City of New York. George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings

ALEXANDRA PALACE HORSE SHOW, ENGRAVING 1876, UK, britain, british, europe, united kingdom, great britain, european

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS AND ELECTIONEERING IN THE OLD DAYS: J. DOYLE: LEAP-FROG ON A LEVEL, OR GOING HEADLONG TO THE DEVIL, MAY 9, 1831

THE THAMES ROWING CLUB, ATHLETIC SPORTS IN PUTNEY PARK, LONDON, 1869, UK

THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE ATHLETIC SPORTS

An engraving depicting workers hop picking in Kent. 1823

Holiday in Camp - Soldiers Playing 'Foot-Ball', Winslow Homer, American, 1836-1910, Harper's Weekly, Wood engraving in black ink on paper, A group of soldiers converging towards the center of the composition. A man, at left, has just kicked the football; another has fallen, in the foreground. Tents and figures in the background., USA, July 15, 1865, figures, Print, Print

Gentleman fencer taking his opponent's sword, second position of the Disarm after parrying his Carte Thrust. Copperplate engraving by after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Mr. Domenico Angelo's The School of Fencing, London, 1787.

A group of men playing bowls on a lawn. Date: circa 1860

August 1844. St. Wilfrid's Feast Day Races at Ripon Racecourse. Black and White Illustration from the London Illustrated News; 1844.

A Schwingerfest at Interlaken, swiss wrestling, woodcut, 1888, Switzerland, Europe

A knock-out, first state , Boxing, Boxers Sports, Sports spectators, Victories. George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings

Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Men exercising in Tomak game. Martial art. Traditional game in which woll balls are used on leather straps. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Chaillot. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840.

BOUNCING IN CANADA

Currier & Ives Illustration 19th Century. The Great Fight for the Championship

HOUSE OF COMMONS POINT-TO-POINT STEEPLECHASE NEAR DAVENTRY

Richard Purcell, active 1746-1766, Irish, set of 16: 15.Change of Sport, 1823. Lithograph.

Gentlemen fencers in position for the outside-guard called Tierce and the thrust from the outside under the wrist called Second. Copperplate engraving by after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Mr. Domenico Angelo's The School of Fencing, London, 1787.

Illustration depicting a game of mixed doubles lawn tennis. Dated 19th century

Skating driver; Le Hollandois sur la Glace. A skating man on the ice with a pipe and a stick in hand. Some skaters behind him.

A Tour in the North - Highland Games Tossed, c. 1901

A Tour in the North - Highland Games Tossing the Caber, c. 1901

Bayonet fencing, Germany. Drawing by Dieudonne Lancelot (1823-1895) Trip from Paris to Bucharest, 1860 by Victor Duruy (1811-1894) Le Tour du Monde 1862

THE UNIVERSITIES' BOAT RACE ON THE THAMES

NOTES AT THE LAWN-TENNIS MEETING FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF IRELAND AT DUBLIN

OUR GREAT FOOTBALL MATCH, 'PELICANS' versus 'PHANTOMS'

Three harlequins, one of which makes a handstand; Cord dancers and acrobats; Nice descent of chord dances, jumpers and postures. .

'A Game at Bowls', 1872. Artist: J M L R.

Skating on Duddingston Loch and Sketches on the Ice George Lockie British, born Scotland 1884 View more. Skating on Duddingston Loch and Sketches on the Ice. George Lockie (British (born Scotland), active 1884). 1884. Pen and ink. Drawings

Ice skating, 19th century(). Artist: Unknown

Hard trotting in the wood of Alkmaar, 1825; Hard trotting in the Bosch van Alkmaar. Horse race held in the running track in De Hout in Alkmaar on September 10, 1825. Along the job are spectators, the winner of the competition is at the front to the public. On the right at the gallery a man is ready to reach the cup to the winner,

Point-to-Point Racing, Hablot Knight Browne, 1815-1882, British, undated, Watercolor, charcoal, graphite, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, beige, wove paper, Sheet: 5 7/16 × 9 15/16 inches (13.8 × 25.2 cm), fence, field, flags, horse racing, horses (animals), jockeys, jumping, landscape, race (event), sporting art, trees

Cartoon depicting a game of lawn tennis. Illustrated by George du Maurier (1834-1896) a Franco-British cartoonist and author. Dated 19th century

A woodcut engraving depicting an early form of football in Italy. Dated 16th century

Europe. Dalmatia. Horse racing in Dalmatia. Engraving by Hildibrand. "Los Heroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra". Volume V. 1855.

Introducing Georges Carpentier , Boxers Sports, Sports spectators, Salutations, Carpentier, Georges, 1894-1975, Dempsey, Jack, 1895-1983. George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings

White Jockey and Black Jockey. Dromedar race jockey, Ancient Egypt History. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

GOLF AT WESTWARD HO

Practice for the race. "Now all of yis pull together.". Practice for the race. "Now all of yis pull together."

SHREWSBURY RACES, GREAT BRITAIN

A SKETCH AT THE RECENT GYMNASTIC FESTIVAL AT BONN, 1872 engraving

On Smooth Ice, Petrus Van Geldorp, 1900 Amsterdam paper political caricatures and satires. skates (winter sports). historical persons South Africa

Illustration depicting a game of early bowling being played outside. Dated 19th century

Illustration depicting a game of Rugby. Dated 19th century

International Six-Day Walking Match in New York City, March 1879 by unknown artist

A wrestling festival in Interlaken, Switzerland, Schwingen, also known as Swiss wrestling and Hoselupf, trouser lifting, is a style of folk wrestling native to Switzerland, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century artwork, exact original date not known, Europe

Boys playing at tilting with lances and poles, mounted knights jousting with lances, and knights tilting on rowboats, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876.

Unknown, The Cadets' Regatta at West Point, June 8, 1868The Start; Opening Race at Jerome Park, Fordham, New York, June 8, 1868The Start, 1868, wood engraving on paper.

Skating driver, Jacob Gole, after Cornelis Dusart, 1670 - 1724 print A skating man on the ice with a pipe and a stick in the hand. A few skaters behind him. print maker: Amsterdamafter design by: Haarlempublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving skates (winter sports). pipe ~ tobacco

AT RUGBY SCHOOL A crowd of schoolboys run after the ball at Rugby. Date: 1870

Skating on the Ladies' Skating-Pond in the Central Park, New York Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). Skating on the Ladies' Skating-Pond in the Central Park, New York, 1860. Wood engraving, Image: 13 7/8 x 20 3/8 in. (35.2 x 51.8 cm). A chief factor in the rise of skatings national popularity was the opening to skaters of Central Parks lake, which was reportedly first used by some three hundred people on a December Sunday in 1858. The number ballooned to a staggering ten thousand by the following Sunday. The view depicted here was described in Harpers Weekly: “The Ladies Pond is reserved for the fair sex, and no gentlemen are allowed to skate on it unless they are accompanied by ladies. It is kept in good order, and policemen on skates effectually repress all tendencies to rowdyism.. The scene.. usually draws a large concourse of visitors.” The strong reportorial nature of this image reflects Homers aim to satisfy the intense public curiosity about Central Park. American Art 18

The treacherous shot. A rider dissolves a shot on a plane for him to the right boiling rider, which is affected.

Ball game on horseback, Modern Art in Master Woodcuts, yearbook from 1900

Artificial body exercises on horseback and on the cord. Leaf with 2 horizontal rows with representations of circus artists, such as a string dancer and acrobats on horseback. Numbered at the top right: (N 210).

The Oxford and Cambridge Sports in the Christchurch Meadows, Oxford Date: 1868

Illustration depicting boys doing gymnastics. Dated 19th century

'International Cricket Match at Kennington Oval', late 19th century. Creator: Unknown.

A game of cricket with Lord Morpeth and Lord John Russell as the two batsmen. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1840.

At Bat.

A man is stretched out on a rack as another man beats him with a wooden stick. Engraving.

Between rounds, small, second stone , Boxing, Boxers Sports, Sports spectators, Fatigue. George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings

Winter face with skating riders on the fight.

Illustration depicting men playing shot put in the Swiss village of Appenzell. Dated 19th century

Races in Scheveningen The 3rd August 1846. Horse racing, a race in Scheveningen on 3 August 1846. On the other side the stands for the royal family and the other public.

THE SCULLING MATCH ON THE TYNE BETWEEN HANLAN AND BOYD FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD

A Maul in goal Date: 1881

Early Golfing.

A sporting gentleman in top hat hunts ducks out in the middle of a lake thanks to his remarkable floating aquatic cycle - useability possibly determinate on the level of swell... Date: late 19th century

Fans Cheer Their Team, Victorian Sports

Races at the Bois de Boulogne , Fine Art

sports football street soccer England caricature 19th century,

CURLING AT AN ICE RINK, MANCHESTER, 1877 engraving

William Gladstone as a jockey, falling from his horse. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 1884.

Bathing beach , Swimmers, Sunbathing. George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings

Engraving depicting a fencing class being taught to members of the young men's Christian Association, inside the gymnasium at the Queen's Theatre, Long Acre, London. Dated 19th Century

Tom "Little Wonder" Sayers and John "Benicia Boy" Heenan both receive belts after their epic 37 round contest ended in a draw Date: 1860

Thure Thulstrup, A Steeple-Chase at Monmouth Park, 1885, wood engraving on paper.

. Rider to the right. Print of a series of two prints with riders who train their horses.

Equestrian formations (Terza); Ballet on horseback on the occasion of the marriage of Emperor Leopold I and Margaretha Theresia of Spain.

The racecourse by the fire. / Speed race by five Amazons. / N ° 16.

Physical exercises; Wrestling B, Daniël Vrevalwaard (I), After Jacob Smies, 1806 print Two images of two wrestling boys. Top right: pl. VIII. Amsterdam paper etching fighting contest (sport)

sport equestrial sport horse riding circus riders lithograph printed by Arnz und Co. D»sseldorf circa 1840 private collection,

Baron van Munchhausen as a cyclist, c. 1902 print Leaf with 8 performances of the strong stories of Baron Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Münchhausen by bike. A caption under each image. Numbered at the top right: no 77. Publisher: Épinalprinter: Épinalprint Maker: Europe paper letterpress printing adventurer. bicycle

Skating fun on a Vaart, Unknown, 1823 print Paris paper skates (winter sports)

People and his profession, The rider, art rider, gymnastics, rope dancers, fencing champions, and pocket players, Matthias Rudolph Toma -, Printer, Publisher, Albert Riemensberg von Radmannsdorff -, Drawer, Albert Riemensberg von Radmannsdorff -, Lithography

19th Century Illustrations - James Hammill, and Walter Brown, in their great five mile rowing match for $4000 & the championship of America.

Six stages of a horse race, including running, training, winning, preparing to start, rubbing down and walking over the course. Coloured lithograph.

Boxing match for 200 guineas, betwixt Dutch Sam and Medley : Fought 31 May 1810, on Moulsey Hurst near Hampton , Boxing, Boxers Sports, Sports spectators. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Return after the horse race, John Harris, After William Summers, after John Frederick Herring (I), 1866 print London paper etching horse-racing. jockey. race-track England

Shooting exercises of Perszen on horseback with arrow and arch, Jan Luyken, 1682 print Print at the top right numbered: 130. Amsterdam paper etching shooting with bow and arrow, archery (~ games of skill). riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman

19th Century Horse Racing Illustrations - Jockeys harness racing four horses past judges' stand. .

Baseball Brawl Begins, Baseball

Humorous illustration showing a scene in a rugby match where such is the exuberance of the scrum, one player gets away with the ball, but unfortunately, without his clothes. Date: 1950

Skating men and women and tails. Leaf 64 Recto from a sketchbook with 87 sheets.

Race for the Great St. Leger Stakes, 1836 - Who is the winner

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