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Lot 30001 – Robert Dover’s Olimpick Games: Lettersheet entitle

Robert Dover's Olimpick Games: Lettersheet entitle
Robert Dover's Olimpick Games: Lettersheet entitle
Robert Dover's Olimpick Games: Lettersheet entitle
Robert Dover's Olimpick Games: Lettersheet entitle
Lot 30001 – Robert Dover’s Olimpick Games: Lettersheet entitle
Olympics
Price realised
240 EUR
Estimate
200 EUR
Auction date
Tue 7 Jun 2016 at 12:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
Robert Dover’s Olimpick Games: Lettersheet entitled “Olympick Games to be held on Sheffield Green in the Ensuing Summer”, addressed to the “son of the present exchequer of Ireland, he was a lad at Eton School 1784”, describing each of the events incl. “A smock to be started for by 5 Lubberly old Women…”, “a pair of leather breeches is to be grinned for by six of the most ugly Bel Dames…”, “a soaped pig will be let loose”, “a race in sacks for a pair of silver buckles”, “a wrestling match for a Cockt Hat”, “descending down hill in sack”, “a cudgelling match”, “Back Swords” and to be concluded “with the tapping of a Barrel of Beer”, a fascinating document about this unusual sporting event

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