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Old 09-06-2004, 02:03 PM
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Default Is this a 19th century copy of an illustration from a 19th century book ?

Posted By: The Other One (Julie)

Barry Sloate fixes the date as "very early--probably 1840" (Mark Macrae had said 1840-60), and says "if the bat seems even--if you can tell--it's probably baseball; otherwise, it's probably townball. Drawing may not be detailed enough to get this kind of information.

Neither Barry nor David are remided of a line drawing in a 19th century book--so I probably made it up.

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