Tournament Collection (#41)

Noblewomen at Tournament
Noblewomen attending a tournament in France wear various headdresses including a Turkey Bonnet, Hennin or Steeple headdresses with veils & a V-shaped roll. Date: 15th Century

Scott / Ivanhoe / Tournament
Victorious in the tournament: the rescue of Ivanhoe

Wrestling tournament, Naadam festival, Tov province, Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Wrestlers at tournament, Naadam festival, Tov Province, Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Sumo wrestlers competing, Grand Taikai Sumo Wrestling Tournament, Kokugikan Hall Stadium, Ryogoku district, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Sumo wrestlers, Grand Taikai Sumo Wrestling Tournament, Kokugikan Hall Stadium, Ryogoku district, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Richard II at Coventry

Tournament 1530
Two French knights take part in a tournament

C15 Tournament
A joust

Horse Caparisoned
A Horse caparisoned (dressed in elaborate harness equipment) in preparation for a tournament. Date: 1511

English Headdresses C15
Tournament spectators: their gowns have deep V -necklines & revers, narrow sleeves & fur cuffs. Headdresses: truncated cone, butterfly, V shaped roll, veils, cap with liripipe

Meyerbeer / Robert Liebig2
Act 2 scene 6 : Isabella lends Robert, who has lost every thing, armour in which to take part in the tournament, but once again Bertram (the real Devil) tricks him

Steeple Headdress
A fanciful Victorian depiction of a mediaeval lady wearing a Hennin or steeple headdress of the late C15th. Other aspects of her costume date from the 14th century

English Knights Fighting
Two knights on horseback during a jousting tournament

Golf Bunker Escape 1955
E.G. Lester plays from a bunker at Sunningdale, during the Daks golf tournament

Lady Seymour (Hayter)
LADY SEYMOUR She was the Queen of Love and Beauty who presided over the famous Eglinton Tournament in 1840 and gave away the prizes. Date: flourished 1840

Croquet / Wimbledon / 1870
A Lady player takes aim during the All England Club tournament at Wimbledon

Philip Sidney Jousts
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY taking part in a tournament at Whitehall, London

Joseph Henry Blackburne
JOSEPH HENRY BLACKBURNE English chess champion, at the time of his winning first prize at the Berlin chess tournament. Date: 1841 - 1924

Mock Tourney, Charlton
A mock tournament is staged in the grounds of Charlton House, then in Kent, now a suburb of SE London, a few arrows flight from our Library

Marking Centre Court
Men marking out Centre Court for the forthcoming annual Lawn Tennis tournament, Wimbledon, London, England

Floris IV Count Holland
FLORIS IV, count of Holland in armour for a tournament

Tournament Announced / C15
A tournament is announced by a trumpeter and herald in France

Flags during Jousting
A house decorated with various flags during a jousting tournament (possibly France)

Tournament Proclaimed
A tournament is proclaimed and colours (coats of arms) are exchanged

TOURNAMENT
Receiving the helmets of the competing knights

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