Exercise Collection (page 22)

Man as Machine. Registering the Heat-Energy of the Body
Page from The Illustrated London News demonstrating the calorimeter experiment at Sheffield University whereby a man is installed in a chamber In order to observe the heat generated by his body

Guard for right-hand lead off at head when opposed to a man who stands with right leg in front (engraving)
2776489 Guard for right-hand lead off at head when opposed to a man who stands with right leg in front (engraving) by English School

A physical education lesson for men
3735386 A physical education lesson for men by Du Maurier, George (1834-96); (add.info.: Cartoon depicting a physical education lesson for men)

The trial jump (coloured engraving)
2794462 The trial jump (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The trial jump)

Tank and Infantry Attack (Colour Litho)
2778284 Tank and Infantry Attack (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The attack of the tanks and the infantry)

Gymnasium, High School for Girls (b / w photo)
3633307 Gymnasium, High School for Girls (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gymnasium, High School for Girls)

Le Gymnase (coloured photo)
3623620 Le Gymnase (coloured photo) by French Photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Gymnase)

Dumb-bells and Indian clubs (colour litho)
3622568 Dumb-bells and Indian clubs (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dumb-bells and Indian clubs)

Chinese gymnast (colour litho)
3622567 Chinese gymnast (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chinese gymnast)

Whiddens Patent Improved Brass Shoe Nails (chromolitho)
3656985 Whiddens Patent Improved Brass Shoe Nails (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Whiddens Patent Improved Brass Shoe Nails)

In Utrumumque Paratus: In a rattling good gallop with hounds and horses
3666886 In Utrumumque Paratus: In a rattling good gallop with hounds and horses, from Poems of Adam Lindsay Gordon published by T. N

Throwing and shooting at a mark (engraving)
3657018 Throwing and shooting at a mark (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Throwing and shooting at a mark)

Manual Exercise of the Ancient English Musketeers (engraving)
3638961 Manual Exercise of the Ancient English Musketeers (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Ancient English Horse Exercise (engraving)
3638957 Ancient English Horse Exercise (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ancient English Horse Exercise)

Fencing hall at the University of Leiden (engraving)
3646752 Fencing hall at the University of Leiden (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fencing hall at the University of Leiden)

Classroom at school (b / w photo)
3643188 Classroom at school (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Classroom at school. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Stretches (b / w photo)
3643152 Stretches (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stretches. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Troops drilling in Orleans (b / w photo)
3096269 Troops drilling in Orleans (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Troops drilling in Orleans. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Sailors carrying out an exercise with a landing gun on board a ship (colour photo)
3098812 Sailors carrying out an exercise with a landing gun on board a ship (colour photo) by French Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Cyclists riding past the Porte de Madrid in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris (colour photo)
3098538 Cyclists riding past the Porte de Madrid in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris (colour photo) by French Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Cyclists returning to the Chateau de Madrid in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, after a ride (colour photo)
3098535 Cyclists returning to the Chateau de Madrid in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, after a ride (colour photo) by French Photographer

Canotage (colour litho)
3098440 Canotage (colour litho) by Edelfelt, Albert Gustaf Aristides (1854-1905) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Canotage. Cover of Le Figaro Illustre, July 1890.); © Look and Learn

Womens sport (b / w photo)
3097111 Womens sport (b/w photo) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Womens sport. Illustration for La Femme, Medecin du Foyer by Anna Fischer (Muller)

Skinners Horse at Exercise, c. 1840 (oil on canvas)
3037430 Skinners Horse at Exercise, c.1840 (oil on canvas) by Gwatkin, Joshua Reynolds (1807-77); National Army Museum, London; (add.info)

Dumb Bells, HMS Vincent (colour litho)
3093588 Dumb Bells, HMS Vincent (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dumb Bells, HMS Vincent)

United States Lines SS Leviathan, Gymnasium (b / w photo)
3093144 United States Lines SS Leviathan, Gymnasium (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: United States Lines SS Leviathan, Gymnasium)

Girls Industrial School - Swimming
Girls at an unidentified Industrial School perform an exercise or dance in pairs holding a stick. Date: circa 1924

Girls Industrial School - Dance Exercise
Girls at an unidentified Industrial School perform an exercise or dance in pairs holding a stick. Date: circa 1924

Cartoons, Gymnastics for Ladies. 1870

Group photo, girls gymnastic drill. 1893

Champion Swimming at the Lambeth Baths (engraving)
1616052 Champion Swimming at the Lambeth Baths (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Champion Swimming at the Lambeth Baths)

Exercising in bed
A woman exercising on her bed, using a Cush-up, patented by Marian Jacks of Old Bond Street who specialised in corrective anatomy

League of Health & Beauty class at Ministry of Health
An exercise class of members of the League of Health and Beauty, comprising staff at the Ministry of Health in Whitehall. They were allowed to use one of the conference rooms for an out of hours

Villa Rosa Maltoni Mussolini: female students exercising (b / w photo)
1249427 Villa Rosa Maltoni Mussolini: female students exercising (b/w photo) by Fratelli Alinari (fl.1854-1920); (add.info.: Alinari, Fratelli Pisa, Italy); Alinari Archives-Alinari Archive

The Prize of the Race (engraving)
972695 The Prize of the Race (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Prize of the Race. Scene from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

Kitcheners new recruits, physical drill in Hyde Park, Londo
Kitcheners new recruits doing physical drill in Hyde Park, London. 1914-1918

Women in a gymnastic wheel, a new craze. 1930

League of Health & Beauty demonstration in Hyde Park
Page from The Sketch reporting on the fourth annual demonstration in Hyde Park by the Womens League of Health and Beauty, led by Prunella Stack, whose mother, Mary Bagot Stack

German Infantry at Exercise on Snow-Shoes (litho)
1597018 German Infantry at Exercise on Snow-Shoes (litho) by Forestier, Amedee (1854-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: German Infantry at Exercise on Snow-Shoes)

Sketches of the Camp of Exercise, held at Secunderabad, India (engraving)
1597007 Sketches of the Camp of Exercise, held at Secunderabad, India (engraving) by Wollen, William Barnes (1857-1936) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches of the Camp of Exercise)

Calisthenic Exercises in India (engraving)
1098561 Calisthenic Exercises in India (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Calisthenic Exercises in India)

If Unhealthy, Be Healthy by William Heath Robinson
If Unhealthy, Be Healthy: If Healthy, Be Healthier! Keep Fit Exercises: 1. The Bathroom Window Sill Bite - for strengthening the front teeth and developing the muscles of the legs and back

Sketch cover - Prunella Stack (Lady Douglas Hamilton)
Ann Prunella Stack OBE (1915-2011), President of the Womens League of Health and Beauty, founded by her mother Mrs Bagot Stack pictured when she was Lady David Douglas-Hamilton with her baby son

England goes to it - womens fitness during WWII
" Let us start with a simple one, slowly, thus!" An enthusiastic keep fit instructor demonstrates an exercise for her less than perky looking class. Date: 1941

Prunella Stack demonstrating exercises
Prunella Stack - Leader of The Womens League of Health & Beauty, The mortimer Halls, 43 Great Portland Street, W1, London - Aim of the League was

A New Hobby for School-Boys, the Kennel Club at Clayesmore School, Enfield (litho)
1042995 A New Hobby for School-Boys, the Kennel Club at Clayesmore School, Enfield (litho) by Dadd, S.T. (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A New Hobby for School-Boys)

A Salute at the Royal Military Tournament (litho)
1039153 A Salute at the Royal Military Tournament (litho) by Renouard, Charles Paul (1845-1924) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Salute at the Royal Military Tournament)

Bayonet-fighting at Aldershot, a Bout between the Teams of the South Wales Borderers and the Welsh Regiment (engraving)
1038918 Bayonet-fighting at Aldershot, a Bout between the Teams of the South Wales Borderers and the Welsh Regiment (engraving) by Dadd

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