Athletic Collection (#6)

Greek athlete throwing the discus, illustration from Cassells Illustrated Universal History by Edward Ollier
LLM463878 Greek athlete throwing the discus, illustration from Cassells Illustrated Universal History by Edward Ollier, 1890 (digitally enhanced image) by English School

Athletic Sports at Grasmere (engraving)
729555 Athletic Sports at Grasmere (engraving) by Overend, William Heysham (1851-98) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Athletic Sports at Grasmere - The Guides Race)

An Athlete Strangling a Python (etching)
816188 An Athlete Strangling a Python (etching) by Leighton, Frederic (1830-96) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Athlete Strangling a Python)

The Diskobolos, illustration from History of Greece by Victor Duruy, published 1890 (digitally enhanced image)
LLM438576 The Diskobolos, illustration from History of Greece by Victor Duruy, published 1890 (digitally enhanced image) by American School

Advert, Surgical Hosiery Co Ltd, Nottingham
Advert, Surgical Hosiery Co Ltd, Russell Street, Nottingham - manufacturers of elastic knee caps, anklets (plain, felted or padded), jock straps, suspenders etc. for all athletes Date: 1933

A little refreshment for athletes (colour litho)
2783498 A little refreshment for athletes (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A little refreshment for the athletes)

Comic postcard, Couple roller skating Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump man on the beach. Look at me after a week here - and I came down for my rheumatism too! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Leapfrogging on the beach Date: 20th century

Heavy Weight Lifter, 1912 (oil on canvas)
PNH354123 Heavy Weight Lifter, 1912 (oil on canvas) by Jansson, Eugene (1862-1915); 205.8x116.2 cm; Private Collection; Photo ePeter Nahum at The Leicester Galleries, London; Swedish, out of copyright

Badsump, 1911 (oil on canvas)
PNH354119 Badsump, 1911 (oil on canvas) by Jansson, Eugene (1862-1915); 200x300 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Painted in the Swedish Navys bath-house at Skeppsholmen;)

Mercury, 1580 (bronze)
BEN119176 Mercury, 1580 (bronze) by Giambologna (Giovanni da Bologna), (1529-1608); Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy; Photo eRaffaello Bencini; Flemish, out of copyright

Sumo wrestlers, c. 1870-80 (albumen print)
ALI164531 Sumo wrestlers, c.1870-80 (albumen print) by Beato, Felice (Felix) (1825-c.1908); 20.5x25.5 cm; Museo di Storia della Fotografia Fratelli Alinari, Florence; Alinari

Statue of an ephebe making a libation (bronze)
XIR178753 Statue of an ephebe making a libation (bronze) by Roman, (3rd century AD); Musee Saint-Raymond, Toulouse, France; (add.info)

Young men playing a ball game, from a statue base found in the Dipylon Cemetery, Athens
LEE60008 Young men playing a ball game, from a statue base found in the Dipylon Cemetery, Athens, (marble) c.510 BC (see also 60009-11) by Greek

Page from Hamleys Toy Shop catalogue, 1937 (litho)
5989463 Page from Hamleys Toy Shop catalogue, 1937 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Page from Hamleys Toy Shop catalogue, 1937.); © Look and Learn

An Anatomical Illustration of the Human Muscular System
985792 An Anatomical Illustration of the Human Muscular System, Against an Italian Landscape Background, 1543 (woodcut) by Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) (c.1488-1576) (circle of); 42.1x29 (folio)

A Nude holding a Cape over his Shoudlers, (black chalk)
827548 A Nude holding a Cape over his Shoudlers, (black chalk) by Bartolomeo, Fra (Baccio della Porta) (1472-1517); 27x196 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

A Nude Throwing, (pen and brown ink)
651826 A Nude Throwing, (pen and brown ink) by Fuseli, Henry (Fussli, Johann Heinrich) (1741-1825); 30.5x24.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Nude Throwing)

Vintage poster of cyclists riding bicycles, c. 1890 (poster)
6295372 Vintage poster of cyclists riding bicycles, c.1890 (poster) by Austrian School, (19th century); Photo eBarbara Singer; Austrian, out of copyright

The Human Figure in Motion: Athlete, Running (b / w photo)
6010136 The Human Figure in Motion: Athlete, Running (b/w photo) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); Private Collection; (add.info.: Athlete, Running)

The art of fencing (litho)
6030619 The art of fencing (litho) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The art of fencing.); Look and Learn / Valerie Jackson Harris Collection; English

The Hoffman Girls performing webbing act, London Hippodrome
The eighteen Gertrude Hoffman Girls performing their extraordinary acrobatic webbing act at the London Hippodrome, Leap Year, in 1924. Date: 1924

The Hoffman Girls in rehearsals
The Hoffman Girls, the dance troupe founded, managed and choreographed by Gertrude Hoffman, pictured in rehearsals for Leap Year which had had a successful run at the London Hippodrome

Eugen Sandow, in classical ancient Greco-Roman pose, c. 1894 (b / w photo)
3959719 Eugen Sandow, in classical ancient Greco-Roman pose, c.1894 (b/w photo) by Sarony, Napoleon (1821-96); Private Collection; (add.info)

Plate 152. Jumping; Running Straight High Jump (Shoes), 1872-85 (collotype on paper)
3950296 Plate 152. Jumping; Running Straight High Jump (Shoes), 1872-85 (collotype on paper) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); 15.9x46.8 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy

Plate 522. A, 97 Jumping; B, 98 Handspring; C, 98 Somersault
3950109 Plate 522. A, 97 Jumping; B, 98 Handspring; C, 98 Somersault, 1872-85 (collotype on paper) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); 25.2x29.5 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy

Plate 64. Running at Full Speed, 1872-85 (collotype on paper)
3949993 Plate 64. Running at Full Speed, 1872-85 (collotype on paper) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); 22.2x31.9 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

Pushing Weights with Two Arms Number 2, 1913 (oil on canvas)
PNH354125 Pushing Weights with Two Arms Number 2, 1913 (oil on canvas) by Jansson, Eugene (1862-1915); 238.2x198 cm; Private Collection; Photo ePeter Nahum at The Leicester Galleries

Crowd watching a gymnast at the Hudson Bank Gymnasium and Playground
MNY381218 Crowd watching a gymnast at the Hudson Bank Gymnasium and Playground, 53rd Street and 11th Avenue, New York, 1898 (silver gelatin print) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942)

The wrestlers, illustration from History of Greece by Victor Duruy, published 1890 (digitally enhanced image)
LLM438570 The wrestlers, illustration from History of Greece by Victor Duruy, published 1890 (digitally enhanced image) by American School

Athletic games at the Royal Military Academy (engraving)
603819 Athletic games at the Royal Military Academy (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Athletic games at the Royal Military Academy)

Acrobatic horse riding (engraving)
609345 Acrobatic horse riding (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Acrobatic horse riding); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection

Edward Payson Westons temperance walk of 5, 000 miles in 100 days (engraving)
609129 Edward Payson Westons temperance walk of 5, 000 miles in 100 days (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edward Payson Westons temperance walk of 5)

The South London Harriers at the Oval (engraving)
609127 The South London Harriers at the Oval (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Captain Barclay (Robert Barclay Allardice) (engraving)
609123 Captain Barclay (Robert Barclay Allardice) (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The annual assault of arms of the London Athletics Club (engraving)
609110 The annual assault of arms of the London Athletics Club (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Lavater Lee, strongman (engraving)
609461 Lavater Lee, strongman (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lavater Lee, strongman); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection

Discobolus, copy of a bronze original (marble) (b / w photo)
ALI194733 Discobolus, copy of a bronze original (marble) (b/w photo) by Myron, (fl.c.450 BC) (after); Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; Alinari

Two Women Acrobats, 1916 (w / c on paper)
BRN196072 Two Women Acrobats, 1916 (w/c on paper) by Demuth, Charles (1883-1935); The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; eBarnes Foundation; American, out of copyright

Standing athlete, possibly Apollo (marble) (b / w photo)
ALI176268 Standing athlete, possibly Apollo (marble) (b/w photo) by Greek; Museo Torlonia, Rome, Italy; Alinari

Milo of Croton Attacked by a Lion, 1672-82 (marble)
XIR91045 Milo of Croton Attacked by a Lion, 1672-82 (marble) by Puget, Pierre (1620-94); 270x140 cm; Louvre, Paris, France; French, out of copyright

Riace Warrior A (bronze)
ALI322029 Riace Warrior A (bronze) by Greek, (5th century BC); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Reggio Calabria, Italy; (add.info.: were found by Stefano Mariottini)

Riace Warrior B (bronze)
ALI322035 Riace Warrior B (bronze) by Greek, (5th century BC); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Reggio Calabria, Italy; (add.info.: were found by Stefano Mariottini)

Relief depicting wrestlers (stone)
XIR226113 Relief depicting wrestlers (stone) by Roman, (1st century AD); Museo della Civilta Romana, Rome, Italy; out of copyright

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"Capturing the Essence of Athleticism: From Ancient Sculptures to Modern Sporting Moments" The Boxer of Quirinal, also known as the Terme Boxer, stands as a testament to the strength and determination of athletes throughout history. Boundary Park Art in Oldham pays homage to the rich athletic heritage of its local team, Oldham Athletic. Croke Park Stadia Art in Ireland showcases not only the beauty of this iconic stadium but also celebrates the passion for sports that runs deep within Irish culture. DW Stadium Art in Wigan immortalizes the glory days of Wigan Athletic F. C. , reminding us of their incredible athleticism on and off the field. A nude man gracefully poses, showcasing both vulnerability and strength - a reminder that athleticism is not solely about physical prowess but also about embracing one's own body. The Dunfermline Athletic FC football team from 1936 serves as a snapshot into an era where dedication and teamwork were at the forefront of sporting success. A group photo captures unity and camaraderie within Millwall Athletic football team - a reminder that they can bring people together like no other pursuit. Seated Male Nude by Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille portrays an athlete in repose, highlighting both his physicality and inner tranquility achieved through sport. Once again, Croke Park Stadia Art takes center stage with its depiction of thrilling moments during intense matches - showcasing how athleticism ignites passion among fans worldwide. Blackheath versus London Scottish Rugby match artwork reminds us that athletic rivalries fuel competition while embodying gracefulness on rugby fields across nations.