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Billiard Collection (#3)

"Men enjoying a friendly game of billiards at a club in London's Union Jack Club, Lambeth

Background imageBilliard Collection: Game of Billiards. Artist: Beda, Francesco (1840-1900)

Game of Billiards. Artist: Beda, Francesco (1840-1900)
Game of Billiards. Private Collection

Background imageBilliard Collection: Men in a coffee house with a Billiard room, 1814. Artist: Marcus, Jacob Ernst (1774-1826)

Men in a coffee house with a Billiard room, 1814. Artist: Marcus, Jacob Ernst (1774-1826)
Men in a coffee house with a Billiard room, 1814. Found in the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Background imageBilliard Collection: Billiard Room at Menil-Hubert, 1892. Artist: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)

Billiard Room at Menil-Hubert, 1892. Artist: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)
Billiard Room at Menil-Hubert, 1892. Found in the collection of the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Background imageBilliard Collection: The Billiard Room, Early 19th cen Artist: Anonymous

The Billiard Room, Early 19th cen Artist: Anonymous
The Billiard Room, Early 19th cen.. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Background imageBilliard Collection: Interiors of the Winter Palace. The Billiard Room of Emperor Alexander II

Interiors of the Winter Palace. The Billiard Room of Emperor Alexander II, Mid of the 19th cen Artist: Hau
Interiors of the Winter Palace. The Billiard Room of Emperor Alexander II, Mid of the 19th cen.. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Background imageBilliard Collection: Buildings in Valparaiso, Chile, South America

Buildings in Valparaiso, Chile, South America, including a billiard hall and a warehouse. Date: circa 1910

Background imageBilliard Collection: Spain and Portugal - Castle Sitting Room

Spain and Portugal - Castle Sitting Room - Large room, Billiard table, furniture, large chandelier. Part of Box 149 Boswell collection - Portugal and Spain. Date: circa 1900

Background imageBilliard Collection: VAD Hospital stores, Quex House

VAD Hospital stores, Quex House
The Billiard Room of Quex House was used as the Hospital Stores during the War. Two VAD nurses are seated either side of a table. One is sewing, the other is writing

Background imageBilliard Collection: Place de la Gare - Bizerte, Tunisia, North Africa

Place de la Gare - Bizerte, Tunisia, North Africa - The Northernmost city in Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBilliard Collection: Two cats on a cutout Christmas card

Two cats on a cutout Christmas card, enjoying a game of billiards. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageBilliard Collection: Edwardian casual group photograph

Edwardian casual group photograph
The man in the picture is Ernest Battersby, responsible for the photograph. May is on the left - she is May Battersby, sister in law to Ernest Battersby in the foreground

Background imageBilliard Collection: Two men on a seat

Two men on a seat in what is kown to be the Billiard Room of Strathclyde, Offerton Lane, Stockport, home of the photographer Ernest Battersby, seen here on the right. Date: 1902

Background imageBilliard Collection: Three men in billiard room

Three men in billiard room at Strathclyde, Offerton Lane, Stockport home of William Battersby (seated, centre). The other two are unknown Date: 1913

Background imageBilliard Collection: The Little Theatre as a soldiers clubhouse, WW1

The Little Theatre as a soldiers clubhouse, WW1
A page from The Sphere, reporting on how the Little Theatre, in the Haymarket, London (now the Theatre Royal, Haymarket) temporarily converted to become a soldiers clubhouse during the First World

Background imageBilliard Collection: Billiard room, hotel in Sierre, Valais, Switzerland

Billiard room, hotel in Sierre, Valais, Switzerland
Billiard room in the Grand Hotel Chateau Bellevue, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland

Background imageBilliard Collection: Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: early 20th century

Background imageBilliard Collection: Bonzo runs through! by George Studdy

Bonzo runs through! by George Studdy
Bonzo runs through! He chases a mouse onto the billiard table, the mouse gets caught in a pocket, and Bonzo manages to ruin the green baize. Date: 1924

Background imageBilliard Collection: Boring Ivory Tusks

Boring Ivory Tusks
" From jungle to dressing table." Boring ivory elephant tusks, for making into brush handles, billiard balls and other beautiful objects for ladies dressing tables. Date: February 1933

Background imageBilliard Collection: Billiard World Dudes series N31 Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Billiard World Dudes series N31 Allen & Ginter Cigarettes
Artokoloro

Background imageBilliard Collection: Billiard Marking Board, by Burroughes and Watts

Billiard Marking Board, by Burroughes and Watts

Background imageBilliard Collection: Elizabethan Billiard Table, by Burroughes and Watts

Elizabethan Billiard Table, by Burroughes and Watts

Background imageBilliard Collection: Billiard Marking Board, by Thurston and Co

Billiard Marking Board, by Thurston and Co

Background imageBilliard Collection: Billiard Cue-Rack, by Thurston and Co

Billiard Cue-Rack, by Thurston and Co

Background imageBilliard Collection: Cafe at Arles, 1888 (oil on canvas)

Cafe at Arles, 1888 (oil on canvas)
XIR792 Cafe at Arles, 1888 (oil on canvas) by Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903); 72x92 cm; Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia; French, out of copyright

Background imageBilliard Collection: La Courtille, popular dance, engraved by Yves (19th century) (litho) (b / w photo)

La Courtille, popular dance, engraved by Yves (19th century) (litho) (b / w photo)
XIR286905 La Courtille, popular dance, engraved by Yves (19th century) (litho) (b/w photo) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Background imageBilliard Collection: [The Billiard Room, Mentmore House]

[The Billiard Room, Mentmore House]; Roger Fenton, English, 1819 - 1869; Buckinghamshire, England, Europe; about 1858; Albumen silver print; Image: 30.3 x 30.6 cm (11 15/16 x 12 1/16 in.)

Background imageBilliard Collection: The Billiard Room, unknown artist, 18th century, British

The Billiard Room, unknown artist, 18th century, British

Background imageBilliard Collection: AUSTRALIA: GOLD RUSH, 1872. Great Western a billiard saloon in Gulgong, New South Wales

AUSTRALIA: GOLD RUSH, 1872. Great Western a billiard saloon in Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia, during the gold rush of the 1870s

Background imageBilliard Collection: FRANCE: COURT LIFE, 1690s. Playing billiards while waiting in The Third Room of the Apartments

FRANCE: COURT LIFE, 1690s. Playing billiards while waiting in The Third Room of the Apartments. One in a series of etchings from 1694-1696, by Antoine Trouvain

Background imageBilliard Collection: WOMEN PLAYING BILLIARDS. 19th century American lithograph

WOMEN PLAYING BILLIARDS. 19th century American lithograph

Background imageBilliard Collection: HINE: NEWSBOYS, 1909. Newsboy playing billiards at the United Workers Boys Club in New Haven

HINE: NEWSBOYS, 1909. Newsboy playing billiards at the United Workers Boys Club in New Haven, Connecticut. Photograph by Lewis Hine, March 1909

Background imageBilliard Collection: American author Mark Twain

American author Mark Twain
American author and humorist Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835-1910) - smoking his inseparable corn-cob pipe and holding a billiard cue - caricature by Phil May. Date: 1892

Background imageBilliard Collection: Billiards Illustrated - A Little Too Fine

Billiards Illustrated - A Little Too Fine
A fisherman fly fishing in a Scottish Loch is thwarted in his attempts to land a sprightly salmon by his choice of fishing line, which appears to be far too thin

Background imageBilliard Collection: North America, USA, Texas, Langtry, Interior, Jersey Lily building, Billiard Hall

North America, USA, Texas, Langtry, Interior, Jersey Lily building, Billiard Hall, Saloon and Courtroom of Judge Roy Bean, the Law West of the Pecos.. PLEASE CALL FOR SUPER-HI-RES FILES

Background imageBilliard Collection: The pool and billiard room at the Gatun Y. M. C. A. in the Panama Canal Zone

The pool and billiard room at the Gatun Y. M. C. A. in the Panama Canal Zone, built for American civilian workers
PANAMA: Y.M.C.A. c1910. The pool and billiard room at the Gatun Y.M.C.A. in the Panama Canal Zone, built for American civilian workers. Photograph by Thomas J. Marine, c1910

Background imageBilliard Collection: One of the nine illustrations by Henry James Holiday (1839-1927) for the nonsense

One of the nine illustrations by Henry James Holiday (1839-1927) for the nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll (London, 1876)

Background imageBilliard Collection: Elizabethan Billiard Table

Elizabethan Billiard Table, By Burroughes And Watts

Background imageBilliard Collection: Billiard Marking Board

Billiard Marking Board, By Burroughes And Watts

Background imageBilliard Collection: Billiard Cue-rack

Billiard Cue-rack, By Thurston And Co

Background imageBilliard Collection: English newspaper advertisement, 1892

English newspaper advertisement, 1892
DAVYs DIAMOND CEMENT. English newspaper advertisement, 1892

Background imageBilliard Collection: Fire Station Recreation Room

Fire Station Recreation Room

Background imageBilliard Collection: LOUISIANA STATE FAIR, 1873. Page from Daily Varieties Theatre Programme, 1873

LOUISIANA STATE FAIR, 1873. Page from Daily Varieties Theatre Programme, 1873, featuring an advertisement for the lottery held at the Seventh Louisiana State Fair in April 1873

Background imageBilliard Collection: ALSACE-LORRAINE, 1872. Playing billiards in a Paris cafe in aid of the fund to liberate

ALSACE-LORRAINE, 1872. Playing billiards in a Paris cafe in aid of the fund to liberate Alsace-Lorraine, annexed by the German Empire in 1871. Line engraving, 1872

Background imageBilliard Collection: One way to control the street boys. A common scene in the Ba

One way to control the street boys. A common scene in the Bancroft-Foote Boys Club, New Haven, Conn. Location: New Haven, Connecticut. Date 1909 March

Background imageBilliard Collection: India - Deolali - British Garrison

India - Deolali - British Garrison
British Garrison at Deolali, in Nashik District in the state of Maharashtra, India - British soldiers and Officers outside the Billiard Room

Background imageBilliard Collection: PARIS: BILLIARDS, 1725. A public billiards room in Paris attended by members of the bourgeoisie

PARIS: BILLIARDS, 1725. A public billiards room in Paris attended by members of the bourgeoisie. Oil on canvas, 1725, attributed to Jean-Baptiste Chardin

Background imageBilliard Collection: BRT Bergen Street

BRT Bergen Street
Bergen St. Billiard Room. Men in uniform playing billiards in the Brooklyn Rapid Transits Bergen St. Clubhouse billiard room

Background imageBilliard Collection: BRT Club House

BRT Club House
B.R.T. 58th St. Club House. - Men in uniform playing billiards in the Brooklyn Rapid Transits 58th St. Clubhouse billiard room




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"Men enjoying a friendly game of billiards at a club in London's Union Jack Club, Lambeth. The sound of clinking balls and focused concentration fills the air as they strategize their next moves. The elegant Billiard Room provides the perfect backdrop for this classic pastime. Meanwhile, two mischievous cats are caught up in their own playful billiards match on a festive Christmas card. Their paws gracefully maneuvering the tiny cue sticks, adding an adorable twist to the game. In another scene from 1910, young boys showcase their skills at the Pool Branch Chauteau & Manchester in St. HINE: BILLIARDS captures their enthusiasm and determination as they aim for victory with every shot. Crokett - Le Jongleur Humoriste brings humor to billiards with his entertaining juggling act while playing. His skillful tricks leave spectators amazed and laughing along. Even during significant historical events like the presidential election of 1864, billiards found its way into popular culture. A political cartoon depicts Abraham Lincoln and George B. McClellan engaging in a lighthearted game of bagatelle, showcasing how even leaders can find solace and camaraderie through this beloved sport. Lastly, we celebrate a champion who has triumphed on the billiards table, proudly holding his trophy high above his head. Years of dedication and practice have paid off as he basks in well-deserved glory. " Note.