Sporting clubs [ Associational culture / Clubs & Societies ]
… Hayman, 'A Game of Cricket (The Royal Academy Club in Marylebone Fields, now Regent's Park)', Yale Centre for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B2001.2.165, c. 1790-1799. Image 'Cricket Match Played by the Countess of Derby and Other … Tillemans, 'The Round Course at Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, Preparing for the King's Plate', Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1981.25.629, c. 1722. Image (After) Robert Dighton, 'A Deep One and a Knowing One', The … They emerged from the more informal gatherings in social places of individuals brought together by their passion for a particular sport – and sometimes by the gambling which this sport made possible. Coffeehouses and inns were popular places …
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