Sujet

Football in Manilla, 1857. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Football in Manilla, 1857. Sport in the Philippines: '...Sketch of a game at football, at which the Indians are very great. They stand in a circle, and with their feet keep up the ball for any length of time. The ball is made of wickerwork, and is like a round basket; the game is never to let it touch the ground after it is once up, and always to manage to strike it with the feet. Some players are very expert at the "back-footed" trick; with the sole of their foot they will send the ball right over their heads to the players in front of them, who, in their turn, send it back again. The game is a most extraordinary sight, and the players are wonderfully clever at it. In England, football is one of your oldest games; but I have never seen it played with such dexterity as in Manilla'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A76_412

Model release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

26,8Mo (1,9Mo) / 32,3cm x 20,8cm / 3818 x 2458 (300dpi)

Mots clés

leisure people male sport job man men playing ball body bodies local guy occupation British feet foot color native location century Britain profession football footballer footballers newspapers press barefoot wicker Philippines football player football players pastime B&W street scene bare feet Manila engraved engraving Colour wickerwork Rattan Football Match 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black Filipino Filipinos nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News TGN the body wood engraving ILN indigenous street newspaper indigenous people Unknown 19th-century sipa