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Bowling

Type of bowling popular in central Europe

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  • A naked man runs up to a set of cricket stumps, pauses, turns and throws a ball with his right hand. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • People playing a game of skittles (bowling) in the garden of an inn, as others sit on the grass drinking, smoking and chatting. Engraving by E. de Ghendt after J. Steen.
  • Two women reprimanding two children. Engraving by J. Chevillet, 1785, after J.A. de Peters.

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    Two women reprimanding two children. Engraving by J. Chevillet, 1785, after J.A. de Peters.

    Johann Anton de Peters | Date: 1785 | Reference: 28692i
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    A naked man runs up to a set of cricket stumps, pauses, turns and throws a ball with his right hand. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

    Eadweard Muybridge | Date: 1887 | Reference: 2005504i
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    People playing a game of skittles (bowling) in the garden of an inn, as others sit on the grass drinking, smoking and chatting. Engraving by E. de Ghendt after J. Steen.

    Jan Steen | Date: 1790-1799 | Reference: 33171i

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