Backgammon Collection (#3)

Men playing backgammon in Turkish cafe. Date: circa 1870

Two Turkish peasants playing Backgammon at an outdoor coffee house

Ottoman Empire Views (1 / 5)
Arab Coffee House - including Backgammon players

Dice Players, ca 1624. Found in the Collection of Attingham Park, The Berwick Collection, The National Trust

Backgammon at the Cafe. Private Collection

Soldiers playing Dice. Artist: Sweerts, Michiel (1618-1664)
Soldiers playing Dice. Found in the collection of Thyssen-Bornemisza Collections

A pair of Roman dice made from carved bone, 1st century BC. Private Collection

Backgammon Players. Painting in the style of the 17th century Flemish painter David Teniers the Younger

The Game Of Trictrac, (1885). Artist: Eisen
The Game Of Trictrac, (1885). A group of people playing trictrac (backgammon)

The Four Times of Day: Afternoon, c. 1740. Artist: Lancret, Nicolas (1690-1743)
The Four Times of Day: Afternoon, c. 1740. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

The backgammon players. Artist: Rosati, Giulio (1858-1917)
The backgammon players. From a private collection

Easy come, easy go, 1661. Artist: Steen, Jan Havicksz (1626-1679)
Easy come, easy go, 1661. Found in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Interior With A Woman Feeding A Parrot Two Men Playing Backgammon And Other Figures (The Parrot Cage), 1670. Found in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Backgammon Players, c. 1645. Artist: Teniers, David, the Younger (1610-1690)
Backgammon Players, c. 1645. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Card and Backgammon Players. Fight over Cards, 1620-1629. Artist: Rombouts, Theodor (1597-1637)
Card and Backgammon Players. Fight over Cards, 1620-1629. Found in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

Room in an Inn with Peasants Drinking, Smoking and Playing Backgam, 1678. Artist: Ostade, Adriaen Jansz
Room in an Inn with Peasants Drinking, Smoking and Playing Backgam, 1678. Found in the collection of the Albertina, Vienna

Medieval history. Scandinavia. Different objects with the mark of owner. In the background, dice and backgammon pieces. Medieval Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

Waiting in the Mall (to be presented at Court)
A page from The Sphere showing the various ways those waiting in the Mall to be presented at court at Buckingham Palace amused themselves

Game Piece Scene Life Apollonius Tyre ca 1170
Artokoloro

Game Backgammon 1741-88 Red chalk 7 7 / 16 x 11 5 / 8
Artokoloro

Box Sugoroku Game Kind Backgammon Bow Drum Edo period
Artokoloro

Group portrait of the Harrach family playing backgammon including General Count Ferdinand Harrach
XAM68614 Group portrait of the Harrach family playing backgammon including General Count Ferdinand Harrach, Count Ferdinand Bonaventura Harrach with Rosa, Anna and Josephine by Hoffnas or Hofns

At the Cafe (panel)
XKL60213 At the Cafe (panel) by Beraud, Jean (1849-1935); 64x91 cm; Berko Fine Paintings, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium; French, out of copyright

Soldiers Playing Tric-Trac, 1653
BAL53921 Soldiers Playing Tric-Trac, 1653 by Eeckhout, Gerbrandt van den (1621-74); Johnny van Haeften Gallery, London, UK; Dutch, out of copyright

Board games from Orbis Sensualium Pictus, 1658 (woodcut)
XJF2653553 Board games from Orbis Sensualium Pictus, 1658 (woodcut) by Comenius, John Amos (1592-1670); Private Collection; (add.info)

Tric-trac Players with a Lady and Her Dog (oil on canvas)
BAL199451 Tric-trac Players with a Lady and Her Dog (oil on canvas) by Ochtervelt, Jacob (c.1635-1682); 68x55 cm; Private Collection; Johnny Van Haeften Ltd. London; Dutch, out of copyright

Peasants Playing Backgammon and Merry-Making in a Tavern; Cornelis Dusart, Dutch, 1660 - 1704; 1694; Graphite and pen and gray ink on vellum; 53 x 41.3 cm (20 7/8 x 16 1/4 in.)

New York City, NY, USA. Backgammon board game
New York City, NY, USA.Backgammon board game

TAPESTRY: BACKGAMMON. European tapestry depicting a scene of daily life and two men playing backgammon, 17th or 18th century

BACKGAMMON, 15th CENTURY. Illustration from Der Renner, by Hugo von Trimberg, German, 15th century

LUMIERE BROTHERS, 1896. Auguste, standing left, and Louis Lumiere, standing center, the French motion picture pioneers, with friends playing backgammon at La Ciotat on the French Riviera, 1896

Antique illustration of people indoor playing game

19th Century Egyptian backgammon players C018 / 7059
19th Century Egyptian backgammon players.1883 engraving of backgammon players in an Egyptian cafe

A Game of Trictrac. Line engraving, French, 18th century, after a painting by David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690)
TRICTRAC, 17th CENTURY. A Game of Trictrac. Line engraving, French, 18th century, after a painting by David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690)

LE NAIN, Mathieu (1607-1677). The Backgammon

FRANCE: BACKGAMMON, c1750. Line engraving, 19th century, after Eisen

Sixteenth Century Games
BACKGAMMON In the sixteenth century

The F1 Party: L-R: Bernie Ecclestone, F1 Supremo, and Flavio Briatore, Renault F1 Managing Director, play Backgammon
L-R: Bernie Ecclestone (GBR), F1 Supremo, and Flavio Briatore (ITA), Renault F1 Managing Director, play Backgammon. The F1 Party, Duchess Palace, London, England, 7 June 2006. DIGITAL IMAGE

Living Room by Maugham
An all white living room in the Chelsea home of Syrie Maugham

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