Author:
Game Card
Title:
Manby (Lincolnshire)
Price:
£250.00
Year:
December 1856
Summary:
6 cards for shooting at Manby in December 16/17/18/19/20 & 22, cards size 13 cm x 9cm, with a slightly larger summary card the cards string bound. Printed on thick card with MANBY to head, limned columns for, Name, Ph, P, W, S, H, R and total. At the bottom of the card No of Shots, Claims, Killed. All cards filled in in a neat hand Lord Worsley appears at the top of the named guns, (Lord Worsley was MP for Great Grimsby 1857 ? 1862). 6 to 8 guns shot over the days and named the total bag for the 6 days, claims 1301, killed 1334. A rare example of early game cards.
Ref:
23097
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