A Croquet Match, 1862. Victorian gentlemen and ladies playing the fashionable game of croquet. A woman steps on a ball to croquet her male opponent, while another lady shows her ankles under her crinoline skirts. Handcoloured etching by John Leech from Follies of the Year, from Punch’s Pocket Books, Bradbury, London, 1864.

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