Hoop Collection (page 6)

The game of Pall Mall

Boy with a hoop studying a daffodil. Artist: Alan Wright Date: circa 1910

Norwich Thorpe railway station, Norwich, Norfolk
A busy scene in front of Norwich Thorpe railway station, Norwich, Norfolk, which opened in 1844. Date: 1845

Cartoon, Mr Holland and the injunction balloon
Cartoon, Don t let that injunction balloon stop you, Mr Holland - a comment on the attempt by the Duke of Bedford (freeholder) to stop the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

Quarriers Homes - Torr Aluinn and Hoop House, Dunoon
Torr Aluinn and Hoop House, Dunoon, used as holiday homes for children from the Quarriers Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Date: circa 1920

Mortlake Terrace, 1827 (oil on canvas)
4073445 Mortlake Terrace, 1827 (oil on canvas) by Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851); 92.1 x 122.2 cm; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

The Patriarch of the Orchard, 1861 (w / c and gouache on paper)
PNH367421 The Patriarch of the Orchard, 1861 (w/c and gouache on paper) by Palmer, Samuel (1805-81); 19.8x44.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo ePeter Nahum at The Leicester Galleries, London; English

Earring, 400s (gold with garnets)
499876 Earring, 400s (gold with garnets) by Ostrogothic (5th century); 3.5x3.4x1.2 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John R. McKay; European, out of copyright

Sport in Kensington Gardens, London (engraving)
606729 Sport in Kensington Gardens, London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sport in Kensington Gardens, London; from The Boys Own Paper)

September Fete, Pontoise, 1872 (oil on canvas)
PNY156302 September Fete, Pontoise, 1872 (oil on canvas) by Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903); 46x55 cm; Private Collection; Phillips, Fine Art Auctioneers, New York, USA; French, out of copyright

At the Champs-Elysees Gardens, c. 1897 (gouache on paper)
NUL113308 At the Champs-Elysees Gardens, c.1897 (gouache on paper) by Gilbert, Victor Gabriel (1847-1933); 41x32.7 cm; Private Collection; French, out of copyright

Miss Ehrler, 1861 (oil on canvas)
NUL113229 Miss Ehrler, 1861 (oil on canvas) by Riesener, Louis Antoine Leon (1808-78); 130x97 cm; Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee du Petit-Palais, France; French, out of copyright

The Trip of the American Baseball Clubs to England (The Voyage Out
NYH177774 The Trip of the American Baseball Clubs to England (The Voyage Out) published in The New York Daily Graphic, 1874 (engraving) by Weldon

Fairy Ring, from The Snowman (w / c on brown paper)
Ma88129 Fairy Ring, from The Snowman (w/c on brown paper) by Crane, Walter (1845-1915); Private Collection; (add.info.: possibly a costume design for The Snowman; ); Photo eThe Ms Gallery

Attic red-figure bell krater depicting Ganymede, Greek, c. 500-480 BC (pottery)
PWI92565 Attic red-figure bell krater depicting Ganymede, Greek, c.500-480 BC (pottery) by Berlin Painter, (fl.c.500-460 BC); height: 33 cm; Louvre, Paris

Magpie Lane, Oxford, illustration from the History of Oxford engraved by J
STC93530 Magpie Lane, Oxford, illustration from the History of Oxford engraved by J. Bluck (fl.1791-1831) pub. by R. Ackermann, 1813 (coloured aquatint) by Pugin

Ladies and Gentlemen playing Croquet (w / c)
DRU86943 Ladies and Gentlemen playing Croquet (w/c) by McConnell, William (fl.1850-90); 22.9x30.5 cm; William Drummond, London, UK; English, out of copyright

Party Invitation Card, Three Dogs. 20th century

Men playing kayles or skittles, 14th century
Medieval kayles or skittles. Game played with ball, stick, hoop and target (top), men playing kayles or skittles with stick and six pins (middle)

Medieval tumbler jumping through hoop
Tumbler preparing to leap through a hoop held by two others onto his coat, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Medieval dancers and performers
Girl dancing on the shoulders of a bagpiper, 13th century, man playing a pipe while dancing on stilts, 13th century (top), tumbler preparing to leap through a hoop held by two others

The fairground game of quoits or hoopla, jeu du lapin, 1815. Satirical print by showing the Duke of Wellington winning Napoleon Bonaparte as the prize

The Duchess of Burgundy playing billiards, 18th century
Louis XIV returning from a hunt to find the Duchess of Burgundy playing billiards. From an engraving published by Bonnard, 1704

The game of ground billiards, 16th century. Men use clubs to hit balls between hoops, in a mix of billiards, golf and croquet

Villagers playing croquet or clos-porte, 16th century
Villagers playing croquet or clos-porte with mallets and large balls, 16th century. After a painting by Breughel. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill

Medieval men playing wall tennis, checkers and hoops
Medieval men bat a ball against a board mounted on a wall (wall tennis or pelota?), some play drafts or checkers, others roll hoops and jump through hoops

Children flying a kite and playing with a hoop, 18th century
Children flying a kite, rolling hoops, and playing at shepherd and shepherdess, 18th century. Handcoloured lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse)

Classical musical instruments: lyres 1, 2, plectrum 3, cithara 4, lute 5, percussion instruments 6, 7, 8, 15, pan pipes 9, crotales 11, tuba 12, flutes 10, 14, 18, 19, triangle 16, cymbals 17

Matthew Skeggs, as Seignor Bumbasto, playing
Matthew Skeggs, in the character of Seignor Bumbasto, playing a broomstick instead of a cello with a bow. Skeggs was a publican and performer of musical tricks with the Choice Spirits

Jardin du Luxembourg, engraved by Frederic Martens (1809-75) 1832 (colour engraving)
PER267236 Jardin du Luxembourg, engraved by Frederic Martens (1809-75) 1832 (colour engraving) by Martens, Frederic (1809-75); Bibliotheque Historique de la Ville de Paris, Paris

Girls skipping in a park, early 19th century
Girls playing the skipping game of Walking under the Arch, boy playing hoop, while another girl watches. Scene in a Paris park

German edition of the Lenormand French cartomancy deck: The Child, The Fox, The Bear
KJN336536 German edition of the Lenormand French cartomancy deck: The Child, The Fox, The Bear, The Star, published by Dondorf, Frankfurt, 19th Century (colour litho) by French School

Sophie Arnould, French soprano in the opera Pyramus and Thisbe, 1771. She is depicted in the famous costume from Act V, a mantua dress with hoop petticoats or panniers decorated with frills

Ladys court gown in dark cherry, engraved by Patas, plate no
STC427866 Ladys court gown in dark cherry, engraved by Patas, plate no.44 from Galeries des Modes et Costumes Francais, c.1778-87 (coloured engraving) by Le Clerc

Cooper hammering a metal hoop on a hogshead barrel. On the walls are tools such as saws, axe, spoke-shave, stock and bit, adze and auger

French childrens fashions, 1839. The boy holds a hoop and stick and the girl a skipping rope. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France

There Was A Little Boy And A Little Girl (chromolitho)
2811775 There Was A Little Boy And A Little Girl (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: There Was A Little Boy And A Little Girl)

When you meet Grown Up people in the gardens who puff and blow as if they thought
3481716 When you meet Grown Up people in the gardens who puff and blow as if they thought themselves bigger than they are.. from Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J M Barrie (1860 - 1937), pub

Performing Mice (engraving)
2780947 Performing Mice (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Performing Mice. Illustration for Chatterbox (1887).); © Look and Learn

Hoop and Crook (engraving)
3628719 Hoop and Crook (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hoop and Crook. Illustration for Country Pastimes for Boys (Longmans, Green, 1908)

Girls, one with hoop (chromolitho)
3105192 Girls, one with hoop (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girls, one with hoop)

L Elephant De La Bastille (colour litho)
2798855 L Elephant De La Bastille (colour litho) by Robida, Albert (1848-1926) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: L Elephant De La Bastille)

Girl putting bonnet on statue; another girl with hoop (chromolitho)
964502 Girl putting bonnet on statue; another girl with hoop (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Arms festival in Mogadishu (colour litho)
2783995 Arms festival in Mogadishu (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gun party in Mogadishu)

Playtime by Peggy Earnshaw. 1932

Female clowns, Nouveau-Cirque, Paris, France
Female clowns at the Nouveau-Cirque, Paris, France. circa 1900

Autumn Day by Muriel Dawson. 1940

The Ladies Opportunity, by E. T. Wattson and Carlo Minasi
Promotional music sheet for The Ladies Opportunity - Song for Leap Year - song of 1860 by E. T. Wattson and Carlo Minasi. Dedicated to the Young Ladies of England

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"Step into a whimsical world with the enchanting hoop - just like Alice in Wonderland at her croquet game, where flamingos became mallets and hedgehogs turned into balls. " "Transport yourself back to 1922, as you imagine a carefree girl on a swing, gracefully twirling around a hoop suspended from an old oak tree. " "Discover the thrill of the German circus scrap, where acrobats fearlessly soared through the air while performing daring stunts within their trusty hoops. " "Marvel at the grandeur of Westminster Abbey in the 18th century, picturing elegant ladies and gentlemen walking past with their eyes drawn to intricate stone carvings resembling oversized hoops. " "Intrigue fills the air as a circus clown points towards his colorful hoop, inviting you to witness an extraordinary spectacle under the big top. " "The Tower Circus in Blackpool beckons with its mesmerizing performances that leave audiences spellbound by gravity-defying acts involving hoops and other awe-inspiring props. " "Travel back to October 1940 through Britannia and Eve magazine's pages, capturing stories of resilience amidst wartime challenges - reminding us that even during dark times, hope can be found within every spinning hoop. " "A playful poodle dances joyfully inside a hoop, showcasing its agility and bringing smiles to all who watch this delightful performance unfold before their eyes. " "Glimpse into Victorian-era entertainment with a captivating scrap showing circus performers skillfully maneuvering through fiery rings while balancing on towering stilts or atop galloping horses jumping through hoops. " "In 'Idol-Worship or The Way to Preferment, ' an engraving from 1740 depicts individuals eagerly leaping through metaphorical hoops in pursuit of success - reminding us that perseverance is often rewarded. " "Pierre Auguste Renoir's masterpiece 'Girl with a Hoop' captures innocence and youthfulness frozen in time; it serves as a reminder of the simple joys found in a child's play with a humble hoop.