Base-ball In England - The Match On Lord's Cricket Grounds Between The Red Stockings And The Athletics – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This historic image of Base-ball In England - The Match On Lord's Cricket Grounds Between The Red Stockings And The Athletics brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Base-ball In England - The Match On Lord's Cricket Grounds Between The Red Stockings And The Athletics
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Few things look stranger than a baseball game played on the turf of Lord's, the London ground that has long been the home of English cricket. The 1874 exhibition tour by American clubs brought the sport across the Atlantic, and this engraving shows the novelty of the match: spectators in formal dress watching a game that most of them had never seen. The scene captures a moment when Americans were trying to introduce their national pastime abroad, with mixed results. Its appearance in a popular American periodical also shows how eager readers at home were to follow the story.
| Notes | Harper's Weekly, v. 18, no. 923 (September 5, 1874), p. 733. (Note: Illustration showing a baseball game between the Boston Red Stockings and the Philadelphia Athletics played on the Cricket grounds in London, England, with spectators in the foreground and background. The final score was Boston 24 and Philadelphia 7.) |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 6,243 × 4,338 px · prints to 21 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 11 |
More from the Boston Baseball collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
