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Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches

Darvill's Rare Prints is pleased to offer a huge selection of lithographs from
"Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches, a Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of British, Indian, Colonial, and Foreign Sport."

These prints are from Fores's Sporting Notes and Sketches, an English quarterly magazine
published from 1884 through the early 1900s. It contained articles and stories
about sports at home and abroad, including equestrian, sailing, hunting, fishing, golf.
Please refer to the Sporting Prints page for a list of the available categories.
Each issue included eight full-page duotoned lithographs.

Duotone Lithographs with goldish background that varies somewhat in coloration
Sheet size: approximately 8 1/2 x 5 9/16 inches (about 21.7 x 14.2 cm)

Cricket, Golf, Polo, Rugby, Billiards, Curling, etc.

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Cricket print
"Out!"
$45


Cricket print
"Disturbing his timber yard"
$45


come on!! antique Cricket prints
"Come On!!"
$45


In the Eaton Playing Fields "How's that Toby? H'out!"
In the Eaton Playing Fields
"How's that Toby? H'out!"
$35


Accidentally caught Blusroad in the eye
"Accidentally caught Blusroad in the eye"
$30


The parson's costly cheek stroke
"The parson's costly cheek stroke"
$30


come on!! antique Cricket prints
"He came crash with his knees in McCameron's chest."
$55


Acute cueist
"Acute cueist"
$45


broke the shaft across his back
"broke the shaft across his back"
$35


Stop Sir and remember the presence of that child
"Stop Sir and remember the presence of that child"
$45


Play for the Bunker Sir, Play for the Bunker!
"Play for the Bunker Sir, Play for the Bunker!"
$50


Picking up the stone, landed it in the mud for a support
"Picking up the stone, landed it in the mud for a support"
$40


he lifted with a clean swing
"he lifted it with a clean swing"
$40


whilst Donald played the shirring Pibrock of the McNabs
"whilst Donald played the shirring Pibrock of the McNabs"
$30


Polo bewitched
"Polo bewitched"
$50


Fielding the ball
"Fielding the ball"
$35


Polo Knocked out of the game!
"Knocked out of the game!"
$50


The rush of the furious ride
"The rush of the furious ride"
$50


The poetry of motion
"The poetry of motion"
$50


The winning goal for the 9th Lancers
"The winning goal for the 9th Lancers"
$50


Jockeyed the adversaries No. 1 till that worthy Asiatic got very sticky
"Jockeyed the adversaries No. 1 till that worthy Asiatic got very sticky"
$45

Sussex County v Freehooters
"Sussex County v Freehooters"
$50

The Brothers Peat's polo ponies at Tattersall's ('Dynamite')
"The Brothers Peat's polo ponies at Tattersall's ('Dynamite')"
$40

The ponies of all nations
"The ponies of all nations"
$40

A tremendous ovation for the winners of the Inter Regimental Cup
"A tremendous ovation
for the winners of the
Inter Regimental Cup"
$40


I never saw ye do that afore.
"Hurrah! You've got him!"
$40


I never saw ye do that afore.
"I never saw ye do that afore."
$40


Don't touch him, men - not a broom!
"Don't touch him, men – not a broom!"
$40


It's a race!
"It's a race!"
$30

Many other categories to be found on the Sporting Prints page

Thousands of Antique & Vintage Sporting prints