Racey Helps (1913-1970), British children’s book author and illustrator. The Swing PostcardDuane Bryers (1911 – 2012)Mabel Lucie Attwell‘The Swing’ by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1767)The Ladies Home Journal Magazine June 1919Woodcut illustration from Robert Frost ‘New Hampshire’ 1923Honor Charlotte Appleton (English, 1879-1951) from The Bower Book of Simple Poems for Boys and Girls edited by Letty and Ursula Littlewood, 1922Playing in the Barn, Fanny Cory CooneyEric DrookerWinslow HomerMolly Brett (1902 – 1990)William Stephen ColemanAxel Hjalmar Ender (1853-1920)1903 Harrison FisherSergey Vladimirovich ALIMOV (1938-2019)Marion Wildman Vanity Fair 1927Pierre Probst (1913-2007)
PUTTING ON A SHOW
June page 2 from A Time to Keep, The Tasha Tudor Book of Holidays written and illustrated by Tasha Tudor, published by Macmillan, New York, 1977Czech illustrator Jiri Trnka (1912-1969) illustration for Andersen’s Fairy Tales 1969Father Tuck’s Puppet ShowCharles Hunt – Children Acting the ‘Play Scene’ from “Hamlet,” Act II, Scene ii 1863Frederick Daniel Hardy – The VolunteersJohn Burr – Little Soldier
PARTY GAMES
William Heath Robinson (English,1872-1944) – The Egg and Spoon Race
PLAYING AT THE SEASIDE
Postcard by Muriel Dawson (1897-1974)
PLAYING GROWN-UPS
Marie-Madeleine Dauphin (Franc-Brossier) 1878-1942Eastman Johnson – The Old Stage CoachFrederick Brown – Candidates for Girton 1884Harry Brooker – Children at Play
DANCING AND SINGING
Nikolaos Gyzis (Greek, 1842 – 1901)Richard Scarry’s Best Mother Goose Ever London Bridge game 1970Marie-Madeleine Dauphin (Franc-Brossier) 1878-1942
FUN AT THE FAIR
John L. Wimbush (1854 – 1914)
TABLETOP GAMES
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHESS PLAYERS AND POKER PLAYERS
Chess players are strategic, constantly planning ahead and anticipating counter moves.
Poker players can still win with a weak hand so long as they raise the stakes.
Vladimir Putin is described as a poker player by the world’s top Russian chess player living in New York.
New Yorker magazine cover July 1973 Gerhard RichterSir William Orpen (Irish, 1878-1931) The Chess PlayersDraughts illustration by Edmund DulacJessie Willcox Smith (September 6, 1863 – May 3, 1935) CheckersAlice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass Brigitte Bryan 1969Thomas Faed – A Game of Draughts
SPORT
Our Jolly Holidays Put-together Book story by M. Helena Crofts pictures by Helen E. Ohrenschall 1928Winslow HomerJohan Mengels CulverhouseWinslow HomerLady Cricketers – A Good Catch 1889The English Lady Cricketers – Miss Stanley BattingMarie-Madeleine Dauphin (Franc-Brossier) 1878-1942 badmintonThe Tabby-Fur Family written by Tracey May, illustrated by Hilda Boswell, published by R. A. Publishing Company, London, 1948
Honestly I’m not sure what’s going on here.
DIE WUNDERFAHRT (1929) Sándor BortnyikDIE WUNDERFAHRT (1929) Sándor BortnyikHarry Brooker – The Tug of WarA Christmas Dance – The Lancers 1889Members-of-a-Ladies-Hockey-Club-at-play
STRING GAMES (CAT’S CRADLE)
Kathleen Hale, Games for a wet camping holiday, ‘don’t touch the inside of the tent’ taken from her first Orlando title, A Camping Holiday 1938
FOOD GAMES
Charles West Cope – Breakfast Time, Morning Games
HIDE AND SEEK
The Little People by Garth Williams (1912-1996) c1948 an unpublished illustration for Housekeeping Magazine1952 Children’s Book Hide-Away Puppy Rand McNallyEdna EickeMarie-Madeleine FRENCH NOHAINHIDE AND SEEK PICTURES -1944 Samuel Lowe Busy Bee BookHairy Maclary and Zachary Quack playing Hide and SeekComing Ready Or not by Lolita Séchan, Camille Jourdy
SKIPPING
Marie-Madeleine FRENCH NOHAIN skipping rope
Header illustration: Sports Day Illustration Racey Helps (1913-1970)
