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Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb
Beautiful, George!
That one may top the Creighton piece. Can you please provide all players names pictured along with the date of the piece for me?
Thanks a lot
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Thanks Phil! This woodcut came out of the Illustrated London News (March 23, 1889). It is titled "The American Baseball Players at Kennington Oval - Visit of the Prince of Wales" and measures ~W 23" x ~H 16" It has a lot of similarities to the Creighton woodcut in that it shows players from each team (in this case "All America" vs "Chicago") along with a game in progress in the center. As you can see, there are also numbered illustrations which depict a ball, strike, a comic like mascot etc. along with Anson shaking hands with the Prince of Wales (bottom illustration). The match-up is fascinating as it shows Anson on the upper left and John Ward on the upper right. Players are as follows:
All America
Ward, Captain, All America
E. Hanlon
C.A. Wood
W. Earle
J Healy
J Manning
Graine
T.L Brown
F.H Carroll
J.C Fogarty
Chicago
Anson, Captain, Chicago
E.N Williamson
J. Ryan
R H. Pettit
J.K Tener
Martin Sullivan
Fred Pfeffer
T.P Daly
T.L Burns
Mark Baldwin