Games – THAT IS PRICELESS

THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #1953 (5/16/18)

August Knoop, German

Mortimer Had the Annoying Habit of Refusing To Look at His Cards Until After He’d Tried To Read Them Telepathically, 1894

Oil on wood

Louis Leopold Boilly, French

Not What I Thought You Meant When You Said You Were Inviting Some Chicks Over For a Pool Party, 1807

Oil on canvas

Simó Gómez Polo, Catalan

“Yahtzee, B*tch!,” 1874

Oil on canvas

Benjamin Blake, English

“Honey, I Thought You Said You Were Coming in Here To Play a Game With the Kids, Not Play WITH Some Game With the Kids,” 1826

Oil on panel

Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, American

In Retrospect, Maybe Buster SHOULDN’T Have Mentioned He Was Excited About Seeing “Cats,” 1903

Oil on canvas

Raffaello Sorbi, Italian

Rare Footage of Hamilton and Burr’s Famous Duel (Preliminary Leapfrog Round), 1887

Oil on canvas

Auguste Serrure, Belgian

Baron William van Korynnehull’s Original Demonstration of His Famous Game, 1871

Oil on panel

Hans Schleissmann, Austrian

From the People Who Brought You “Where’s Waldo?” Comes “Wo Ist Wilhelm?” (Answer Below!), 1910

Illustration

Theodore Robinson, American

“Peek-A-Moo!,” 1888

Oil on canvas

Wilhelm Trübner, German

In Case You Were Wondering Where the Pieces for Jenga Come From, 1876

Oil on canvas