Frontispiece to Jaques Code of Laws of Croquet showing early croquet court on the North Terrace, Eglinton Castle, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, 1864

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Laid out is Captain Moreton's Eglinton Castle Croquet, a variant on the usual game played

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Size: 2187px × 1650px
Photo credit: © Amoret Tanner Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: Yes

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