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Bowling

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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.

    Peters, Johann Anton de, 1725-1795. | 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.

    Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904. | Date: 1887 | Reference: 2005504i
    Part of: Animal locomotion: an electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements
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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.

    Steen, Jan, 1626-1679. | Date: 1790-1799 | Reference: 33171i
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