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Victorian Christmas Cards
Article by Mark Cartwright

Victorian Christmas Cards

Printed Christmas cards became popular in the Victorian period (1837-1901) thanks to a combination of cheaper printing techniques and even cheaper post, with the arrival of the Penny Black postage stamp. Coming in all shapes, sizes, and materials...
Two 1899 Christmas Cards
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Two 1899 Christmas Cards

Two Victorian printed Christmas cards from 1899. (British Museum, London)
1898 Christmas Cards
Image by The British Museum

1898 Christmas Cards

Two Victorian printed Christmas cards from 1898. (British Museum, London)
Apollo Playing the Kithara
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Apollo Playing the Kithara

A fresco of Apollo playing the kithara, from a building in the Forum of Rome. Augustan period. (Museum of the Forum Romanum, Rome)
Young Man Playing the Piano by Caillebotte
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Young Man Playing the Piano by Caillebotte

An 1877 oil on canvas, Young Man Playing the Piano, by Gustave Caillebotte (1848-96) the French impressionist painter. The man is the artist's younger brother Martial who was a pianist and composer of some talent. Caillebotte, as can be seen...
Statue of a Girl Playing Knucklebones
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Statue of a Girl Playing Knucklebones

The motif of the seated young girl dates back to a late Hellenistic model, which in the Roman version, was supplemented by the game gesture. The knucklebones (astragalus) game are often also depicted on funerary reliefs and the portrait-like...
Sports, Games & Entertainment in the Elizabethan Era
Article by Mark Cartwright

Sports, Games & Entertainment in the Elizabethan Era

Leisure activities in the Elizabethan era (1558-1603 CE) became more varied than in any previous period of English history and more professional with what might be called the first genuine entertainment industry providing the public with...
Roman Children Playing
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Roman Children Playing

Children playing ball games. Marble Roman artwork of the second quarter of the 2nd century CE. Probably a fragment of a Roman sarcophagus. Louvre, Paris.
Pompeii Fresco of a Woman Playing a Lyre
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Pompeii Fresco of a Woman Playing a Lyre

This panel, once identified as a music lesson, probably depicts a scene of love, set inside a house. A woman playing a kithara (a type of lyre) sits with her lover who gazes adoringly at her. From Pompeii, in modern-day Italy. Roman period...
Ganymede Playing with a Hoop & Rooster
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Ganymede Playing with a Hoop & Rooster

A red-figure vase painting of the Trojan prince (and cup-bearer to the god Zeus) Ganymede, playing with a hoop and rooster, or game-cock. The presence of a game-cock may be representative of Ganymede's relationship with Zeus, as men in ancient...
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