EditorialNegative - Cue, Western Australia, 1895, The crowd at a racecourse. There is a small grandstand built on top of a rocky outcrop and a path leading down to the left. The grandstand is filled with spectators.
EditorialCaricature portrait of Carl Sierig with billiard cue. Draughtsman: Elchanon Verveer (mentioned on object). Dating: 1860 - 1899. Measurements: h 735 mm ? w 549 mm.
EditorialPlaying billiards- a man chalking his cue. The Cambridge Grisette ... Illustrated by C. Keene. Tinsley Bros.: London, 1862. Source: 12631.aa.29, 108. Language: English.
EditorialBilliards table for pool (la poule) with two cue balls, 1827. Charles Chereau's table played music when a ball was potted in each pocket. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagne's Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d'Adresse), Librairie Hachette, P...
EditorialScore table for the game of pool (la poule), a round robin variant of billiards played with two cue balls from the early 19th century. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagne's Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d'Adresse), Librairie Hachette, Pari...
EditorialThe royal game of fortifications, 18th century. Louis XIV's three sons use cue sticks to hit balls through a fortress and onto a fortified structure. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagne's Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d'Adresse), Librairie...
EditorialMedieval man playing a game of snooker (pool) while a woman chalks her cue and watches. (Snooker was not popular until the 19th century.) Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by J. E. Rogers from Francis Cowley Burnand's "Present Pastimes of M...