This is a watercolor c. 1870 of the Liberty Nine of New Brunswick, New Jersey playing the Baltics of Brooklyn at the Elysian Fields of New Brunswick. It is a large painting, 23" x 30". I was recently contacted by a gentlemen from the Middlesex County Office of Arts & History, Division of Historic Sites and History Services, who, hearing of the painting's existence, asked if I could provide him an image, which I did. He told me the town plans to use the image to change the local team's (called the Liberty!) uniform.
Attached too are images of the information on the verso, showing where the painting had been displayed. It was also displayed more recently at the New York City Museum of Folk Art when they had an exhibit dedicated to baseball.
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