Gymnasts Collection

Helsinki Olympics - Gymnasts
Three female gymnasts used as the subject for a promotional card for the Helsinki Olympic Games of 1952. Date: 1952

Tossing the caber at the International Gymnastic Festival, Stockholm, Sweden (engraving)
8631285 Tossing the caber at the International Gymnastic Festival, Stockholm, Sweden (engraving) by Bogle, William Lockhart (1857-1900); Private Collection; (add.info)

Frauenturnen / Women's Gymnastics (colour litho)
8666323 Frauenturnen / Women's Gymnastics (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Frauenturnen)

Letter Y: Gymnastics
DUV4216976 Letter Y: Gymnastics; 31x24 cm; (add.info.: I can read (Methodic and fun alphabet by a dad) - abecedary comprising a reading method and an illustrious alphabet); Photo © Duvallon.

Letter D: Big drum and soldier one to the other soda make a great D, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214981 Letter D: Big drum and soldier one to the other soda make a great D, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Letter X: Little boy making the wheel, a real phenix: an X, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214808 Letter X: Little boy making the wheel, a real phenix: an X, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Letter X and Y: Little boy making the wheel, a real phenix: an X. Forked trunk, horned goat
DUV4214797 Letter X and Y: Little boy making the wheel, a real phenix: an X. Forked trunk, horned goat, candlesticks with two beaks: big and small Y, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim)

Plan of an ancient Greek gymnasium (engraving)
8635055 Plan of an ancient Greek gymnasium (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plan of an ancient Greek gymnasium. Illustration from Hellas)

Gymnastic display at the Royal Aquarium (engraving)
8631315 Gymnastic display at the Royal Aquarium (engraving) by Ward, Enoch (1859-1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gymnastic display at the Royal Aquarium by Zaeo, the trapeze artist)

In the West African gymnasium (engraving)
8672781 In the West African gymnasium (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: In the West African gymnasium)

Festival of Youth, Wembley, 1937 (b/w photo)
8635909 Festival of Youth, Wembley, 1937 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Festival of Youth, Wembley, London, 1937)

Johann Friedrich Jahn, German gymnastics instructor (colour litho)
8655456 Johann Friedrich Jahn, German gymnastics instructor (colour litho) by Engelbach, Georg Ludwig Engelbach (1817-1894); Private Collection; (add.info.: Johann Friedrich Jahn (1778-1852)

Tanzstunde / Dancing Lesson (colour litho)
8666185 Tanzstunde / Dancing Lesson (colour litho) by Christophe (Colomb, Georges) (1856-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tanzstunde)

Boy on the horizontal bar in the gym (colour litho)
8635897 Boy on the horizontal bar in the gym (colour litho) by Thiele, Carl Robert Arthur (1860-1936); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boy on the horizontal bar in the gym)

Inverted
Howard Ashton-Jones

Letter D: Big drum and soldier one to the other soda make a great D, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214988 Letter D: Big drum and soldier one to the other soda make a great D, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Rossall School: The pile-up on the horse (b/w photo)
8648349 Rossall School: The pile-up on the horse (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The pile-up on the horse)

Receipt from Heath & George English Gymnastic Works, London, 1893 (litho)
8677593 Receipt from Heath & George English Gymnastic Works, London, 1893 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Çomme quoi la gymnastique forme les membres.. 1845. Creator: Honore Daumier
Comme quoi la gymnastique forme les membres.. 1845. Comme quoi la gymnastique forme les membres, mais deforme le nez'

Persian girl
Moein Hasheminasab

3671812

Seal ring showing bull-leaping scene, -75 BC (gold)
7309975 Seal ring showing bull-leaping scene, -75 BC (gold) by Minoan; 2.3x3.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: gold, Material: gold); © Ashmolean Museum

Gymnasium, Columbia University, New York, 1904 (b / w photo)
1699647 Gymnasium, Columbia University, New York, 1904 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: gymnasium at Columbia university in New York : woman at sports 1904)

Harry Mason and Lily Bart, comedy gymnasts (colour litho)
7200582 Harry Mason and Lily Bart, comedy gymnasts (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Harry Mason and Lily Bart, comedy gymnasts)

Two male gymnasts (colour litho)
5198447 Two male gymnasts (colour litho) by Garnier, Jules Arsene (1847-89) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Two male gymnasts)

Au cirque (colour litho)
5205028 Au cirque (colour litho) by Fraipont, Gustave (1849-after 1897); Private Collection; (add.info.: Au cirque. Illustration for Le Vocabulaire des Petits by M Fournier with designs by G[ustave])

The Gymnastics And Firemen Competition In Milan, The Arena Races (colour litho)
2798558 The Gymnastics And Firemen Competition In Milan, The Arena Races (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Acrobats, gymnasts and clown, 1st Hampshire Regiment
Acrobats, gymnasts and clowns - circus troupe 1st Hampshire Regiment of the British Army, c.1900

Women in bikinis, from the Room of the Ten Dancing Girls (mosaic)
BAL61255 Women in bikinis, from the Room of the Ten Dancing Girls (mosaic) by Roman, (4th century AD); Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily

Circus (b / w photo)
6002671 Circus (b/w photo) by American Photographer (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Circus. Illustration for Around the World with a Camera (Leslie-Judge Company)

The Hoffman Girls performing webbing act, London Hippodrome
The eighteen Gertrude Hoffman Girls performing their extraordinary acrobatic webbing act at the London Hippodrome, Leap Year, in 1924. Date: 1924

Crowd watching a gymnast at the Hudson Bank Gymnasium and Playground
MNY381218 Crowd watching a gymnast at the Hudson Bank Gymnasium and Playground, 53rd Street and 11th Avenue, New York, 1898 (silver gelatin print) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942)

Hours of joy for Italy, enthusiasm for the Italian flag in the Stockholm stadium after... (colour litho)
2808498 Hours of joy for Italy, enthusiasm for the Italian flag in the Stockholm stadium after... (colour litho) by Beltrame

British gymnasts, Stockholm Olympics, Sweden
British gymnasts marching into the stadium at the Stockholm Olympics, Sweden. Date: 1912

"Puck Wants A Strong Man at the Head of the Government
1078640 " Puck Wants A Strong Man at the Head of the Government - But Not This Kind", 1880 (colour litho) by Keppler, Joseph (1838-94); Collection of the New-York Historical Society

The Merry Newlyweds (Colour Litho)
2778285 The Merry Newlyweds (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The merry newlyweds)

On the 2663rd Christmas in Rome, the final exercise of the gymnastic essay given by school students at Villa Borghese
2815329 On the 2663rd Christmas in Rome, the final exercise of the gymnastic essay given by school students at Villa Borghese (colour litho) by Beltrame

Gymnastics and acrobatics (engraving)
5228194 Gymnastics and acrobatics (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gymnastics and acrobatics. Illustration for Bilder-Atlas zum Conversations-Lexikon)

Jumping through hoops (engraving)
3646742 Jumping through hoops (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jumping through hoops)

A new gymnastics for German sailors, the Scottish-born exercise of throwing tree trunks (Colour Litho)
2777820 A new gymnastics for German sailors, the Scottish-born exercise of throwing tree trunks (Colour Litho) by Beltrame

The Prince of Wales Distributing Prizes to Gymnasts at the New Gymnasium of the Young Mens Christian Association in
1038103 The Prince of Wales Distributing Prizes to Gymnasts at the New Gymnasium of the Young Mens Christian Association in Long Acre, Formerly the Queens Theatre (engraving) by English School

An acrobats living (engraving)
5227150 An acrobats living (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An acrobats living. Illustration for Fun magazine, 1862.); © Look and Learn

Portrait of two Gymnasts posing on a Pommel Horse c. 1899 (b / w photo)
1163257 Portrait of two Gymnasts posing on a Pommel Horse c.1899 (b/w photo) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; Prismatic Pictures; English, out of copyright

Gymnastes de Kioto (engraving)
2790173 Gymnastes de Kioto (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gymnastes de Kioto. Illustration for Le Tour Du Monde (Hachette, 1869)

The Missed Tip (engraving)
2772222 The Missed Tip (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Missed Tip. Illustration for The Illustrated Times)

A characteristic play of power (colour litho)
2783518 A characteristic play of power (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A characteristic play of force)

Women in bikinis, from the Room of the Ten Dancing Girls (mosaic)
BAL61254 Women in bikinis, from the Room of the Ten Dancing Girls (mosaic) by Roman, (4th century AD); Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily

Horse act (colour litho)
5198428 Horse act (colour litho) by Garnier, Jules Arsene (1847-89) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Horse act. Illustration for Les Jeux Du Cirque et La Vie Foraine by Hugues Le Roux (Plon)

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"Gymnasts: Masters of Strength, Grace, and Athleticism" The art of gymnastics has captivated audiences for centuries, showcasing the incredible abilities and agility of these athletes. From the ancient Helsinki Olympics to modern-day competitions, they have always been at the forefront of athletic excellence. One remarkable story is that of a Persian girl named 3671812. Despite facing numerous challenges in her journey to become a gymnast, she defied all odds and became an inspiration for aspiring athletes around the world. Intriguing historical artifacts like a seal ring depicting a bull-leaping scene from -75 BC remind us that gymnastics has deep roots in human civilization. This golden relic serves as a testament to the enduring fascination with this awe-inspiring sport. A black-and-white photograph from 1904 transports us back to Columbia University's Gymnasium in New York City. It captures the determination etched on the faces of young athletes as they push their bodies to new limits, laying the foundation for future generations. However, not all stories are filled with triumphs alone. A shocking incident occurred when a gang of gypsies attempted to kidnap two girls attending a gymnastics event in Palencia, Spain. This color lithograph serves as a reminder that even amidst moments of joy and celebration, we must remain vigilant against those who seek harm. Humor also finds its place within the world of gymnastics through comedy duos like Harry Mason and Lily Bart. Their colorful lithograph showcases their ability to combine physical prowess with laughter – proving that athleticism can be both entertaining and lighthearted. Male gymnasts too deserve recognition for their dedication and skill set displayed during performances. Another vibrant lithograph highlights two male acrobats executing gravity-defying moves that leave spectators breathless with admiration. The circus has long been synonymous with breathtaking acts performed by talented individuals across various disciplines including acrobatics and gymnastics.