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Painting: Camp-Ball. Artist Unknown, 19th Century

Artwork Culture Art Development of the Game Non-association Football Society and Diversity Childhood

Village boys play a type of early football game. Camp ball (or 'camping') was at it's most popular in the 1830s. Oil paints, unsigned.

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