Skipping Rope Collection

The Interview or Miss out of her Teens, 1816 (colour etching)
XCF290984 The Interview or Miss out of her Teens, 1816 (colour etching) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Skipping rope, c.1820 (engraving)
7293174 Skipping rope, c.1820 (engraving); (add.info.: Education. Game. Children playing skippipng rope. Engraving, France, ca 1820.); Photo: © Archives Charmet

Letter C: Jumping rope
DUV4217080 Letter C: Jumping rope; 31x24 cm; (add.info.: I can read (Methodic and fun alphabet by a dad) - abecedary comprising a reading method and an illustrious alphabet); Photo © Duvallon

France, Haute-Normandy: little girl jumping a rope, 1885
LUX4749120 France, Haute-Normandy: little girl jumping a rope, 1885; (add.info.: France, Haute-Normandy: little girl jumping a rope, 1885); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Apres le travail, la recreation. Des cochons jouant a la corde a sauter. Gravure du journal "Gazette des
COI4130841 Apres le travail, la recreation. Des cochons jouant a la corde a sauter. Gravure du journal "Gazette des Enfants", 1895

French children's fashions, 1839. The boy holds a hoop and stick and the girl a skipping rope
FLO4573207 French children's fashions, 1839. The boy holds a hoop and stick and the girl a skipping rope. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes

Illustration for "Alphabet de mes poupees", c.1900 (print)
DUV4218477 Illustration for "Alphabet de mes poupees", c.1900 (print); 23x16 cm; (add.info.: Petites filles jouant au tennis et a la corde a sauter sous le regard de leurs meres)

France, Haute-Normandie, Haute-Normandie: little girl jumping a rope, 1885
LUX4749129 France, Haute-Normandie, Haute-Normandie: little girl jumping a rope, 1885; (add.info.: France, Haute-Normandie, Haute-Normandie: little girl jumping a rope, 1885); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Children playing with toys
864812 Children playing with toys; (add.info.: Children playing with toys - Soldier's uniform, horse on wheels, ball, ninepins, skipping rope, rattle, bugle)

Allons, papa, fait encore trente-deux tours!, 1847. Creator: Honore Daumier
Allons, papa, fait encore trente-deux tours!, 1847. Come on, Papa, go another thirty-two laps!'. From Les Papas

Children jumping rope on the White House lawn during annual Easter egg roll with State, War...1898
Children jumping rope on the White House lawn during annual Easter egg roll with State, War, and Navy Building in background, 1898, printed 1964

Affiche pour les "Magasins du Louvre", c1899. Creator: Jules Cheret
Affiche pour les "Magasins du Louvre". c1899. [Publisher: Imprimerie Chaix; Place: Paris]

The International Exhibition: Thorneycroft's "Skipping Girl", statuette...by Minton and Co. 1862
The International Exhibition: Thorneycroft's "Skipping Girl", statuette in Parian, by Minton and Co. 1862. This figure measures no less 3ft. 10in. in height

innocent games
Francesco Deste

Bubbles, 1907 (oil on canvas)
MAN364957 Bubbles, 1907 (oil on canvas) by Atkinson, Amy B. (1859-1916); 69.9x56.2 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; © Manchester Art Gallery

Skipping rope, La Granja, 1907 (oil on canvas)
7402674 Skipping rope, La Granja, 1907 (oil on canvas) by Sorolla y Bastida, Joaquin (1863-1923); Museo Sorolla, Madrid, Spain; (add.info.: Saltando a la comba)

Middleweight Boxing Champion Freddie Steele Skipping Rope as part of Training for upcoming Fight, Washington DC, USA
5974320 Middleweight Boxing Champion Freddie Steele Skipping Rope as part of Training for upcoming Fight, Washington DC, USA, July 1937 (b/w photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection

U V X Y Z: One! Two!, Volunteer, Yole, Zephir, 1890 (illustration)
7309337 U V X Y Z: One! Two!, Volunteer, Yole, Zephir, 1890 (illustration) by French School, (19th century); 20 x 14 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Fun alphabet for little girls)

C: Rope, 1890 (illustration)
7309314 C: Rope, 1890 (illustration) by French School, (19th century); 20 x 14 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Fun alphabet for little girls)

A B C D: Watering, Swing, Rope, Dinette, 1890 (illustration)
7309311 A B C D: Watering, Swing, Rope, Dinette, 1890 (illustration) by French School, (19th century); 20 x 14 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Fun alphabet for little girls)

U: One! Two!, 1890 (illustration)
7309338 U: One! Two!, 1890 (illustration) by French School, (19th century); 20 x 14 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Fun alphabet for little girls)

Jump Rope, from The Games of the Urchins of Paris, 1770. Creator: Jean Baptiste Tilliard
Jump Rope, from The Games of the Urchins of Paris, 1770

Children in the Tuileries Gardens, 1901
GG74948 Children in the Tuileries Gardens, 1901 by Dupuy, Paul Michel (1869-1949); 27x40 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Gavin Graham Gallery, London, UK; French, out of copyright

Girls Jumping Rope, (oil on panel)
827414 Girls Jumping Rope, (oil on panel) by Rousseau, Marguerite (1888-1948); 38.1x45.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Girls Jumping Rope. Margarite Rousseau (1888-1948). Oil on panel

Children in Parc Monceau; Enfants au Parc Monceau, (oil on canvas)
655901 Children in Parc Monceau; Enfants au Parc Monceau, (oil on canvas) by Dupuy, Paul Michel (1869-1949); 50x61 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Beach Scene; Scene de Plage, 1909 (oil on canvas)
827051 Beach Scene; Scene de Plage, 1909 (oil on canvas) by Michelet, Firmin-Marcelin (1875-1951); 55.5x85.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Beach Scene; Scene de Plage)

The Blind Organ Grinder
BAL34312 The Blind Organ Grinder by Zink, R. (fl.1860); Josef Mensing Gallery, Hamm-Rhynern, Germany; (add.info.: le joueur d orgue de Barbarie; )

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924), Photograph of first American edition published in 1911 with
7214631 The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924), Photograph of first American edition published in 1911 with illustrations by Maria Louise Kirk (1860-1938)

The Skipping-Rope (colour litho)
7169961 The Skipping-Rope (colour litho) by Neilson, Harry B (1861-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Skipping-Rope)

Foreign Children at Play (Gaikoku kodomo yugi no zu), 1860. Creator: Yoshikazu
Foreign Children at Play (Gaikoku kodomo yugi no zu), 1860

Recreation
6523444 Recreation. by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: in " ABC of young schoolchildren. Pellerin, printer-publisher, Epinal, s. d. (circa 1885)

Animal Locomotion, Plate 174, 1887. Creator: Eadweard J Muybridge
Animal Locomotion, Plate 174, 1887. [Woman skipping]. Collotype, from " Animal Locomotion"

Imperial Jump-rope (Le Sauteur imperial, grand faiseur de tour), July 1815

Roll of the praxinoscope by Emile Reynaud invented in 1877
LSE4076902 Roll of the praxinoscope by Emile Reynaud invented in 1877. by French School, (19th century); CNAM, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers

A Victorian Christmas card of five kittens playing at skipping, c. 1880 (colour litho)
3603431 A Victorian Christmas card of five kittens playing at skipping, c.1880 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; Photo eDavid Pearson; English, out of copyright

Sick Child with Dog, 1857 (oil on canvas)
3601948 Sick Child with Dog, 1857 (oil on canvas) by Steward, Malcom (1826-1916); 36x29 cm; Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum, Worcestershire, UK; English, out of copyright

Gramercy Park (oil on canvas)
NUL374154 Gramercy Park (oil on canvas) by Bellows, George Wesley (1882-1925); 86.5x111.7 cm; Private Collection; American, out of copyright

Girls Chatting (chromolitho)
732936 Girls Chatting (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girls Chatting.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection; American, out of copyright

A girl skipping in Hyde Park or Kensington Gardens, from Wonderful London
STC427914 A girl skipping in Hyde Park or Kensington Gardens, from Wonderful London, published 1926-27 (photogravure) by English Photographer

The jump rope, group of children of the bourgeoisie playing. 1830
GIA4806051 The jump rope, group of children of the bourgeoisie playing. 1830 by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The jump rope)

View of the allee des foliants aux Tuileries in Paris Children, nurseries and walkers
JLJ4652274 View of the allee des foliants aux Tuileries in Paris Children, nurseries and walkers. Prints by Eugene Guerard (1821-1866) 1856 Paris, Musee Carnavalet by Guerard

Jumping rope game. Engraving from the picture album "The games of childhood"
DUV4203703 Jumping rope game. Engraving from the picture album " The games of childhood". Imagery of Epinal, late 19th century. 32 pages

Skipping, portrait of the artists daughter, Barbara, 1877 (w / c and gouache)
SPI84029 Skipping, portrait of the artists daughter, Barbara, 1877 (w/c and gouache) by Johnson, Edward Killingworth (1825-1923); 59x40 cm; John Spink Fine Watercolours, London, UK; English

The Luxembourg Gardens, 1849 (panel)
HGM81079 The Luxembourg Gardens, 1849 (panel) by Rochussen, Charles (1824-94); 36x55 cm; Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands; eKunstmuseum den Haag; Dutch, out of copyright

GIrl with skipping rope, New Year Card (chromolitho)
730795 GIrl with skipping rope, New Year Card (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girl with skipping rope)

The Skipping Rope (colour litho)
3648476 The Skipping Rope (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Skipping Rope)

Archery, from Amusements Champetres (Country Sports), 1770-90 (wool & silk)
2972832 Archery, from Amusements Champtres (Country Sports), 1770-90 (wool & silk) by Julliard, Jacques Nicolas (1715-90) (attr.to); 247.7x276.9 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Girl playing with skipping rope and cat, New Year Card (chromolitho)
730780 Girl playing with skipping rope and cat, New Year Card (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girl playing with skipping rope and cat)

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"Skipping Rope: A Timeless Innocent Game Captured Through Art" From "The Interview or Miss out of her Teens, 1816 (colour etching)" to "Girls Jumping Rope, (oil on panel), " the art world has long celebrated the joyous and carefree nature of skipping rope. In "Bubbles, 1907 (oil on canvas)" and "Skipping rope, La Granja, 1907 (oil on canvas), " artists beautifully depict children engrossed in this classic pastime. Their faces radiate pure delight as they effortlessly jump over the twirling rope. Even professional athletes like Middleweight Boxing Champion Freddie Steele recognized the benefits for training purposes. In a captivating black and white photo from July 1937 in Washington DC, USA, he is seen gracefully jumping with his trusty companion - the skipping rope. Artists have also captured the essence through illustrations such as "U V X Y Z: One. Two. , Volunteer, Yole, Zephir, 1890, " where vibrant colors bring to life a group of children chanting their way through each jump. Similarly in "C: Rope" and "A B C D: Watering Swing Rope Dinette, " these illustrations showcase how skipping rope transcends language barriers by providing endless entertainment for youngsters. One cannot forget Jean Baptiste Tilliard's masterpiece titled "Jump Rope, " from The Games of Urchins in Paris dating back to 1770. This historic piece immortalizes the tradition that has spanned centuries across cultures. Whether it be children playing in Tuileries Gardens in 1901 or girls jumping with sheer enthusiasm depicted in various artworks throughout history - one thing remains constant; skipping rope is an innocent game that brings immense joy to all who partake. So let us celebrate this timeless activity that keeps hearts light and spirits high – reminding us all that sometimes it's the simplest pleasures that bring us the most happiness.