[antique 1840s engraving] Two people playing Trap-Ball, or Ball-and-Trap.
This game may be similar to Ball-and-Trap or Knurr and Spell, two traditional English ball-games that are still played. If so, the ball is on a see-saw an the play will hit the other end of it to make the ball fly into the air; when the ball ascends the player will strike the ball with the bat, trying to hit a particular target or to get the ball to go as far as possible. Or maybe, in this illustration, just to hit the other player! The engraving is after a fifteenth-century illustration.
Size: 4001px × 2272px
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License: Royalty Free
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