Title

'A Bowling-Green', c1870. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

'A Bowling-Green', c1870. A bowling green is a finely-laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of turf for playing the game of bowls. Before 1830, when Edwin Beard Budding invented the lawnmower, lawns were often kept cropped by grazing sheep on them. the Royal Parks of London are lands originally owned by the monarchy of the United Kingdom for the recreation (mostly hunting) of the royal family. From The Story of the London Parks by Jacob Larwood. [Chatto and Windus, London, c1870]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1870

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D06_199

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

63,9Mb (2,6Mb) / 14,6in x 17,0in / 4375 x 5109 (300dpi)

Keywords

outdoors leisure park London England female women woman people male sport man men bowls playing day guy British location century Britain story lady B&W MONOCHROME 19th century black & white black and white B W Bowling Green nineteenth century Royal park The Print Collector TGN portrait Unknown Jacob Windus Story of London Parks Chatto and Windus Chatto and Jacob Larwood Larwood Chatto and Windus Jacob Larwood portrait