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Sporting cartoon (periodical)
Amazons of the Bow: A Sketch at an Archery Meeting
This sketch of a shooting match between female archers conveys the competitive impulse that women could express through athletic prowess. The four women in the foreground appear determined and in command as they take aim, poised to demonstrate their…
A lady cricketer catching the ball during a game
Sporting illustration
Cricket for Ladies
Sporting illustration (periodical)
"'Let me try, then' said Lucy."
This illustration conveys female athletic ambition and determination through its title, “‘Let me try, then’ said Lucy,” and in the rendering of Lucy’s body as she deftly rides over a ravine thick with brambles. The men who look on, not yet having…
The Fair Toxophilites
This comically-inflected rendering of two rival female archers shows how female competitiveness drives the marriage market and how the marriage market becomes a field for exercising female competitiveness. The caption reads as follows. Constance:…
Miss Brown Kindly Takes her Cousin Out Fishing
Sporting cartoon (periodical)
Husband-Taming
Sporting cartoon (periodical)
Croquet (also appears as A Slow Game)
Sporting cartoon (periodical)