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Customize It. Black Frame. Brown Frame. Silver Frame. Gold Frame. In the late s, when major baseball parks were established in Brooklyn, people tired of going to Hoboken. Attendance gradually dwindled at the games held at Elysian Fields; the last professional game played there in This print presents the entire baseball diamond as seen from behind home plate. The scene shows the batter and catcher standing in the left center foreground, while all the other team players are in their infield and outfield positions.
At the center of the image, a pitcher prepares to throw the ball underhand toward the batter, while two men are ready to run from their respective first and third bases. The umpire shown from the back; dressed in brimmed hat and long brown coat stands in the central foreground, while nearby there is a small group of men some wearing top hats and the rest of the batter's team.
In the background, there is a large crowd of spectators, as well as horse-drawn carriages. Typical of the early years of baseball, as the print also shows, in addition to underhanded pitching, the players have no gloves, and the catcher has no mask. Nathaniel Currier, whose successful New York-based lithography firm began in , produced thousands of hand-colored prints in various sizes that together create a vivid panorama of mid-to-late nineteenth century American life and its history.
People eagerly acquired such lithographs featuring picturesque scenery, rural and city views, ships, railroads, portraits, hunting and fishing scenes, domestic life and numerous other subjects, as an inexpensive way to decorate their homes or business establishments. As the firm expanded, Nathaniel included his younger brother Charles in the business.
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Date: Medium: Hand-colored lithograph. Classification: Prints. Credit Line: Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, Accession Number: Visiting The Met?
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