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Billiards Collection (#9)

"Men playing billiards in a club, captured in the timeless artwork 'A Little Impression' by H. M. Bateman

Background imageBilliards Collection: Cafe Saxony Billiards Germany Rooms Buildings

Cafe Saxony Billiards Germany Rooms Buildings
Cafes in Saxony, Billiards in Germany, Rooms in Germany, Buildings in Leisnig, 1915, Landkreis Mittelsachsen, Leisnig, Cafe Meissner

Background imageBilliards Collection: Officers mess Dresden Rooms Germany Billiards

Officers mess Dresden Rooms Germany Billiards
Officers mess in Dresden, Rooms in Germany, Billiards in Germany, Grenadier-Regiment Kaiser Wilhelm, Konig von Preuszen (2. Koniglich Sachsisches) Nr. 101, 1901, Dresden, Offizierskasino der 2

Background imageBilliards Collection: Officers mess Dresden Multiview postcards Billiards

Officers mess Dresden Multiview postcards Billiards
Officers mess in Dresden, Multiview postcards, Billiards in Germany, Grenadier-Regiment Kaiser Wilhelm, Konig von Preuszen (2. Koniglich Sachsisches) Nr. 101, 1901, Dresden, Offizierscasino des 2

Background imageBilliards Collection: Gertrude Kasebier O Malley Billiards American

Gertrude Kasebier O Malley Billiards American
Gertrude Kasebier O Malley at Billiards; Gertrude Kasebier (American, 1852 - 1934); Oceanside, New York, Long Island, United States; about 1909; Platinum print; 19.5 × 24.6 cm (7 11, 16 × 9 11)

Background imageBilliards Collection: Two Standing Figures Study Game Billiards 1807

Two Standing Figures Study Game Billiards 1807
Two Standing Figures (Study for A Game of Billiards), c. 1807. Louis Leopold Boilly (French, 1761-1845). Black chalk with gray and brown-black chalk, with stumping

Background imageBilliards Collection: John Roberts, Jr. 1847

John Roberts, Jr. 1847

Background imageBilliards Collection: Pool Balls On A Billiard Table With The Eight Ball Facing Upwards

Pool Balls On A Billiard Table With The Eight Ball Facing Upwards

Background imageBilliards Collection: Mystery Pool Player Behind Rack Of Billiard Balls

Mystery Pool Player Behind Rack Of Billiard Balls
; Mystery Pool Player Behind Rack Of Billiard Balls

Background imageBilliards Collection: Close Up Of Pool Balls Racked On A Billiard Table Focused On The Eight Ball

Close Up Of Pool Balls Racked On A Billiard Table Focused On The Eight Ball

Background imageBilliards Collection: He buys the right to defeat me at his ease with a successful shot

He buys the right to defeat me at his ease with a successful shot. from the Little Miseries of Human Life, 1843

Background imageBilliards Collection: Prince Charles plays pool as he visits North Derbyshire Hospital in Calow February

Prince Charles plays pool as he visits North Derbyshire Hospital in Calow February 1999

Background imageBilliards Collection: The Bull and Bush, Hampstead, London

The Bull and Bush, Hampstead, London. Date: circa 1906

Background imageBilliards Collection: Comic Postcard - Sport - Billiards - Cannon off the cush

Comic Postcard - Sport - Billiards - Cannon off the cush (1/2) Date: circa 1905

Background imageBilliards Collection: Genesee Amusement Company, Rochester, New York State, USA

Genesee Amusement Company, Rochester, New York State, USA
Genesee Amusement Company building, Rochester, New York State, USA, offering a rollerskating rink, billiards, pool, bowling, baths, cigars and dairy lunch. Date: circa 1910

Background imageBilliards Collection: Street scene in Bismarck, North Dakota, USA

Street scene in Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
Street scene viewed from above in Bismarck, North Dakota, USA, with various shops and bars. Date: circa 1908

Background imageBilliards Collection: Billiard player J. Graham Symes in khaki, WW1

Billiard player J. Graham Symes in khaki, WW1
The amateur billiard champion, Lieutenant J. Graham Symes with his opponent Mr E. S. Bourne, who he beat to retain his title at Ormes Hall in February 1918. Date: 1918

Background imageBilliards Collection: Unemployed hut at Sidcup, Kent. 1934

Unemployed hut at Sidcup, Kent. 1934

Background imageBilliards Collection: Fire Station Billiards Room

Fire Station Billiards Room
Men playing snooker on one of the tables in the Fire Station billiards room

Background imageBilliards Collection: Patients playing bar billiards, Medical Centre, Hendon

Patients playing bar billiards, Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing three patients, two in dressing gown and pyjamas, one in shirt and trousers, playing bar billiards in a rest room

Background imageBilliards Collection: Men playing billiards, 1751-1777

Men playing billiards, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777. Private Collection

Background imageBilliards Collection: Game of Billiards, 1807. Artist: Louis Leopold Boilly

Game of Billiards, 1807. Artist: Louis Leopold Boilly
Game of Billiards, 1807. Detail. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Background imageBilliards Collection: A Losing Game, 1858

A Losing Game, 1858. Louis Napoleon to Palmerston What about my match with Montalembert? Palmerston replies, shaking his head, Very awkward for your British backers

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

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

Background imageBilliards Collection: Casa de Sobremonte, Cordoba, Argentina, South America

Casa de Sobremonte, Cordoba, Argentina, South America. It was the home of Rafael de Sobremonte, governor of Cordoba from 1784 to 1799, and is now a museum. Date: circa 1910

Background imageBilliards Collection: Men playing billiards

Men playing billiards - pushing iv ry balls. circa 1825

Background imageBilliards Collection: Condado-Vanderbilt Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Condado-Vanderbilt Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Condado-Vanderbilt Hotel, Ashford Avenue, San Juan, Puerto Rico, North Atlantic Ocean. Back of a postcard, with prices and other details. It was built in 1919 in Spanish Revival style

Background imageBilliards Collection: A Weak Link by Bateman

A Weak Link by Bateman. This illustration is of a man that abstains from all lifes pleasures but reaps his reward financially

Background imageBilliards Collection: Christmas card in the shape of three snooker balls

Christmas card in the shape of three snooker balls and a chalk cube. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageBilliards Collection: Greetings card in the shape of a pair of binoculars

Greetings card in the shape of a pair of binoculars, with three humanised birds playing snooker in the foreground. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageBilliards Collection: Game of billiards. bar in Viareggio, Italy

Game of billiards. bar in Viareggio, Italy Date: 1980s

Background imageBilliards Collection: Billiards Match 1870

Billiards Match 1870
A smart chap prepares to play a shot, in front of a large audience. Date: 1870

Background imageBilliards Collection: Billiards Champion / 1885

Billiards Champion / 1885
John Roberts, former billiards champion Date: 1885

Background imageBilliards Collection: Players cigarettes advertisement by H. M. Bateman

Players cigarettes advertisement by H. M. Bateman
Misunderstood - Marker: " Send up some more PLAYERS please!" Advertisement for Players Navy Cut cigarettes by the great C20th cartoonist H.M

Background imageBilliards Collection: Four Patients playing billiards, Quex Park

Four Patients playing billiards, Quex Park
Four hospital patients playing billiards in the Hall of Quex House, 1917. This billiards table was bought with the proceeds of a sale organised by the Powell-Cotton children, Diana aged 10

Background imageBilliards Collection: Two cats on a cutout Christmas card

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

Background imageBilliards Collection: Medieval man playing a game of snooker

Medieval man playing a game of snooker.. Handcolored lithograph after an illustration by J. E. Rogers from Francis Cowley Burnands Present Pastimes of Merrie England, Cassell, London, 1873

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

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

Background imageBilliards Collection: Fire Station Billiards Room

Fire Station Billiards Room
Men playing snooker on one of the tables in the Fire Station billiards room

Background imageBilliards 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 imageBilliards Collection: Virginia Street at night, Reno, Nevada, USA

Virginia Street at night, Reno, Nevada, USA -- the Biggest Little City in the World. Date: 1949

Background imageBilliards Collection: Gouraud Photo

Gouraud Photo
HENRI JOSEPH ETIENNE GOURAUD French military commander, whose loss of his right arm in the Dardanelles will interfere with his favourite game, billiards : photo 1895. Date: 1867 - 1946

Background imageBilliards Collection: CHICAGO: POOL TOURNAMENT. All Star Tournament in billiards at Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois

CHICAGO: POOL TOURNAMENT. All Star Tournament in billiards at Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph, May 1906

Background imageBilliards Collection: Pool table with balls and one of them as planet Earth

Pool table with balls and one of them as planet Earth. Close-up on Americas view

Background imageBilliards Collection: UNIVERSITY LIFE AT OXFORD, THE PROCTOR: 1. Tandem driving, the Eighth Deadly Sin; 2

UNIVERSITY LIFE AT OXFORD, THE PROCTOR: 1. Tandem driving, the Eighth Deadly Sin; 2. Flight; 3. The Academical Costume; 4. & 5. " Are you a Member of this University, Sir?" ; 6

Background imageBilliards Collection: Source Size = 2299 x 1860

Source Size = 2299 x 1860
BILLIARDS, 1870

Background imageBilliards Collection: The Night Cafe, 1888 (oil on canvas)

The Night Cafe, 1888 (oil on canvas)
XOS909401 The Night Cafe, 1888 (oil on canvas) by Gogh, Vincent van (1853-90); 72.4 x 92.1 cm; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, USA; (add.info.: Le Cafe de Nuit); Dutch, out of copyright

Background imageBilliards 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




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"Men playing billiards in a club, captured in the timeless artwork 'A Little Impression' by H. M. Bateman. The atmosphere is electric as players strategize their moves and aim for precision shots on the green felt table. From Redcar High Street to the Fire Station Billiards Room, this game has found its place in various settings across time and space. The iconic Crystalate Billiard Balls roll smoothly across the table, adding an element of elegance to each shot taken in the Billiard Room at Union Jack Club, Lambeth, London. Even back in 1901, a Game was seen as a sophisticated pastime that required skill and finesse. Whether it's friends gathering for some friendly competition or professionals honing their craft, playing billiards brings people together with its unique blend of strategy and camaraderie. The clinking sound of balls colliding fills the air as players carefully calculate angles and apply just enough force to sink their target into one of six pockets. Billiards is not merely a game; it's an art form that demands concentration and precision. Each stroke requires focus as players strive to outwit their opponents while showcasing their own mastery over cue ball control. In clubs or private rooms alike, billiards provides an escape from daily life where individuals can immerse themselves fully into this captivating sport. It transcends boundaries - be it social status or age - bringing people together under one common passion: the love for playing billiards. "