Playgrounds Collection (#4)

New York: The Mall in Central Park, Winter View (b / w photo)
7190453 New York: The Mall in Central Park, Winter View (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Mall in Central Park, Winter View)

New York: Lower Pond, Central Park (b / w photo)
7190448 New York: Lower Pond, Central Park (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lower Pond, Central Park)

Stockholm: Parti Fran Linneparken (coloured photo)
7192038 Stockholm: Parti Fran Linneparken (coloured photo) by Swedish Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Parti Fran Linneparken)

Wien / Vienna: Kursalon im Stadtpark (b / w photo)
7190931 Wien / Vienna: Kursalon im Stadtpark (b/w photo) by Austrian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kursalon im Stadtpark)

Hanley Park (b / w photo)
7190813 Hanley Park (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hanley Park. Illustration for The Art Album of Stoke-On-Trent and Neighbourhood (M A Head)

Pond at Barnes Common (litho)
7188642 Pond at Barnes Common (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pond at Barnes Common. Illustration for London City Suburbs As They Are To-day by Percy Fitzgerald)

View from Primrose Hill (litho)
7188636 View from Primrose Hill (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: View from Primrose Hill)

Regents Park, a Pleasant Hour (litho)
7188586 Regents Park, a Pleasant Hour (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: Regents Park, a Pleasant Hour)

Colchester: Colchester Castle and Entrance to Park (b / w photo)
7198676 Colchester: Colchester Castle and Entrance to Park (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Colchester Castle and Entrance to Park)

Royal Park, Melbourne, Australia (b / w photo)
7180274 Royal Park, Melbourne, Australia (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Royal Park, Melbourne, Australia)

Auckland Park, Winter (b / w photo)
7199021 Auckland Park, Winter (b/w photo) by South African Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Auckland Park, Winter)

Auckland Park (b / w photo)
7199020 Auckland Park (b/w photo) by South African Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Auckland Park. Illustration for Grocott & Sherrys Album of Johannesburg (1898)

Pompadour Band at the Botanic Gardens, Manchester, England (b / w photo)
7200669 Pompadour Band at the Botanic Gardens, Manchester, England (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pompadour Band at the Botanic Gardens)

Caythorpe Court, Lincolnshire, 1901 (litho)
7200450 Caythorpe Court, Lincolnshire, 1901 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Caythorpe Court, Lincolnshire, 1901)

Bridgnorth: The Park, Learning Tower and St Mary Magdalenes (b / w photo)
7191330 Bridgnorth: The Park, Learning Tower and St Mary Magdalenes (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Park)

London in 1888: Baker Street, from Oxford Street to Regents Park and St Johns Wood (engraving)
7188737 London in 1888: Baker Street, from Oxford Street to Regents Park and St Johns Wood (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Baker Street)

A House in Bedford Park (litho)
7188627 A House in Bedford Park (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: A House in Bedford Park)

Leg of Mutton Pond, Hampstead (litho)
7188572 Leg of Mutton Pond, Hampstead (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: Leg of Mutton Pond, Hampstead)

Looking across London, Greenwich Park (litho)
7188511 Looking across London, Greenwich Park (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: Looking across London, Greenwich Park)

Worcester Park (litho)
7188484 Worcester Park (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: Worcester Park. Illustration for London City Suburbs As They Are To-day by Percy Fitzgerald)

The Deer Park, Magdalen (litho)
7193806 The Deer Park, Magdalen (litho) by Lorimer, John Henry (1856-1936); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Deer Park, Magdalen)

Entrance to Simmons Park, Okehampton (b / w photo)
7181133 Entrance to Simmons Park, Okehampton (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Entrance to Simmons Park, Okehampton)

View in Simmons Park, Okehampton (b / w photo)
7181130 View in Simmons Park, Okehampton (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: View in Simmons Park, Okehampton)

A View of the Fountain Pond at Hackfall, with the Banqueting House Beyond (oil on canvas)
7076689 A View of the Fountain Pond at Hackfall, with the Banqueting House Beyond (oil on canvas) by Nebot, Balthasar (fl.1730-65); 73.7x108 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Nebot)

New York: High Curve, Elevated Railroad, 110th Street, West (b / w photo)
7190473 New York: High Curve, Elevated Railroad, 110th Street, West (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: High Curve, Elevated Railroad, 110th Street)

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts, Central Park (b / w photo)
7190472 New York: Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts, Central Park (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts, Central Park)

Looking across the Isle of Dogs from Greenwich Park (litho)
7188509 Looking across the Isle of Dogs from Greenwich Park (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: Looking across the Isle of Dogs from Greenwich Park)

In the Woodstock Road, Bedford Park (litho)
7188405 In the Woodstock Road, Bedford Park (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: In the Woodstock Road, Bedford Park)

Llandrindod Wells: Shaky Bridge (colour litho)
7190171 Llandrindod Wells: Shaky Bridge (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shaky Bridge)

Ireland: Dublin, Phoenix Park (litho)
7190116 Ireland: Dublin, Phoenix Park (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dublin, Phoenix Park. Illustration for The Album of Ireland Views (np, c 1895)

New York: American Museum of Natural History, Grants Bridge, West 77th Street Entrance, Central Park (b / w photo)
7190466 New York: American Museum of Natural History, Grants Bridge, West 77th Street Entrance, Central Park (b/w photo) by American Photographer

New York: Beethoven Statue, Central Park (b / w photo)
7190459 New York: Beethoven Statue, Central Park (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Beethoven Statue, Central Park)

London in 1888: Edgware Road, from Marble Arch to Westbourne Grove (engraving)
7188734 London in 1888: Edgware Road, from Marble Arch to Westbourne Grove (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edgware Road)

Holland Park (litho)
7188613 Holland Park (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: Holland Park. Illustration for London City Suburbs As They Are To-day by Percy Fitzgerald)

In Clissold or Newington Park (litho)
7188585 In Clissold or Newington Park (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: In Clissold or Newington Park)

Vanbrugh Park, Blackheath Common (litho)
7188507 Vanbrugh Park, Blackheath Common (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vanbrugh Park, Blackheath Common)

North East Corner of Clapham Common (litho)
7188492 North East Corner of Clapham Common (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: North East Corner of Clapham Common)

Mitcham Common (litho)
7188491 Mitcham Common (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mitcham Common. Illustration for London City Suburbs As They Are To-day by Percy Fitzgerald)

Streatham Common (litho)
7188461 Streatham Common (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: Streatham Common. Illustration for London City Suburbs As They Are To-day by Percy Fitzgerald)

Ham Pond (litho)
7188369 Ham Pond (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ham Pond. Illustration for London City Suburbs As They Are To-day by Percy Fitzgerald)

Glasgow: In West End Park; Renfield Street; Sauchiehall Street (litho)
7198937 Glasgow: In West End Park; Renfield Street; Sauchiehall Street (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Findlaters Tempel (Findlaters Temple), 1895 (watercolour)
7205684 Findlaters Tempel (Findlaters Temple), 1895 (watercolour) by Gause, Wilhelm (1853-1916); Muzeum Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic; (add.info)

An der Tepl (Along the Tepla River), 1894 (watercolour)
7205678 An der Tepl (Along the Tepla River), 1894 (watercolour) by Gause, Wilhelm (1853-1916); Muzeum Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic; (add.info)

Denkmal Peters des Groszen (Monument of Peter the Great), 1895 (watercolour)
7205677 Denkmal Peters des Groszen (Monument of Peter the Great), 1895 (watercolour) by Gause, Wilhelm (1853-1916); Muzeum Karlovy Vary

Dinka Cattle Park (engraving)
7181292 Dinka Cattle Park (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dinka Cattle Park)

Entrance Gates and Lodge, Welbeck Park (b / w photo)
7180778 Entrance Gates and Lodge, Welbeck Park (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Entrance Gates and Lodge, Welbeck Park)

Feeding sea lions at London Zoo on Christmas Day (litho)
7201917 Feeding sea lions at London Zoo on Christmas Day (litho) by Spence, Percy F.S. (1868-1933) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Feeding sea lions at London Zoo on Christmas Day)

Children riding on a miniature railway (colour litho)
7201609 Children riding on a miniature railway (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Children riding on a miniature railway)

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"Exploring Playgrounds: A Journey through Time and Culture" Step into the enchanting world as we embark on a captivating journey that spans across centuries and continents. From the majestic Inverary Castle in Argyll, Scotland to the bustling streets of London in 1888, our first stops take us back in time with mesmerizing engravings. Next, we find ourselves in Burghley House, Lincolnshire, England. The year is 1880, and this picturesque engraving transports us to a bygone era filled with laughter and joy. Our adventure continues as we venture to Berlin's Tiergarten where a children's playground awaits. Through a digitally restored reproduction from the 19th century original, we catch glimpses of timeless fun. In contrast, a poignant image captures a young boy alone on a playground swing in 1939. This evocative moment reminds us of both innocence and solitude amidst turbulent times. Moving northwards to Copenhagen's Tivolis Garden in Denmark, we discover an oasis where imagination knows no bounds. Our exploration takes an unexpected turn as we delve into Vichy, France circa 1900 - The Park at the Spa comes alive through an intriguing photograph. Meanwhile, lithographs transport us to zoos around the world where astonishing encounters unfold; from bears assaulting visitors to deer launching surprising attacks. As our journey nears its end, vibrant lithographs depict passionate dramas like "The Palermo Tragedy of March 25th" and "A Tragic Flight". These artworks remind us that even within playful realms tragedy can strike unexpectedly. Join us on this extraordinary expedition through time and space as we unravel the mysteries hidden within these diverse playgrounds worldwide.