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794.—Bowling. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

We have traces that the Norman-English delighted sometimes in sports more innocent [than bear-playing and cock-fighting]; we can fancy them sitting absorbed in the intellectual game of chess (Figs. 79 [...]

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1378.—Bowling Ball. (From a MS. in the Douce Collection.) Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

[After the end of the Wars of the Roses, in the fifteenth century] the green sward that had been trampled by unaccustomed feet is re-levelled for the bowls (Fig. 1378) (p. 384) Here, the game appears [...]

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Added: 2010-05-10

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1802.—Bowling Green. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A depiction of lawn bowling in the sixteenth century; the people are richly dressed, and one has laid down a sword and plumed hat on the ground. THe surroundings include a tall fountain and hedges wit [...]

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Added: 2010-05-12

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