Sujet

'The Wall Game at Eton: St. Andrew's Day - Oppidan v. Colleges', c1900, (1903). Artist: Hills and Saunders.

Légende

'The Wall Game at Eton: St. Andrew's Day - Oppidan v. Colleges', c1900, (1903). The Eton wall game, originated at and is still played at Eton College. It is played on a strip of ground 5 metres wide and 110 metres long next to a slightly curved brick wall erected in 1717. The traditional and most important match of the year is played on St Andrew's Day, 30th November, as the Collegers (King's Scholars) take on the Oppidans (the rest of the school). From The Sports of the World, by F. G. Aflalo, F.R.G.S., F.Z.S. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1900

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19C74_409

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

177,9Mo (10,0Mo) / 79,6cm x 56,0cm / 9400 x 6614 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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