On your wall
Archival print, framed and hung — a styled render, not the exact frame shipped.
Portraits, the Grand Match, and the Clubhouse Wall · Portraits of the Company
The Blackheath Golfer (William Innes)
Valentine Green, mezzotint after L. F. Abbott, 1790 · mezzotint
What it is
Captain William Innes in scarlet, club shouldered, his caddie behind with the clubs and the bottle.
Why it matters
The founding portrait of the clubhouse wall: the golfer as gentleman-officer, the game as society.
What to notice
The caddie carries the clubs loose under his arm — the bag hasn’t been invented.
The uniform came before the swing.
Provenance
- Maker
- Valentine Green, mezzotint after L. F. Abbott, 1790
- Era
- The Feather Ball (1700–1848)
- Chapter
- The Golden Age
- Medium
- mezzotint
- Made
- 1790
- Figure
- William Innes
- Course
- Blackheath (historical-document doctrine)
- Source
- Yale Center for British Art (B1994.4.504) · B1994.4.504
Publicity
Clear — a long-deceased figure with no post-mortem right of publicity in play. Sold as history, freely and openly.
Historical document
This is a period artefact that names its own ground. The place-name appears here as the historical record shows it — never as a house mark, a keyword, or an endorsement, and never pre-populated anywhere in this shop.
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the work’s own year of publication. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan's resolution doesn't clear our floor for a physical print, so this piece is offered as a digital download only.
Size
$29.00
