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Portraits, the Grand Match, and the Clubhouse Wall · The American Game
The Golfer’s Alphabet
Arthur Burdett Frost, 1898 · illustration
What it is
A. B. Frost’s illustrated alphabet of golf, every letter a small disaster on a links.
Why it matters
Frost was America’s great comic draughtsman of sport, and this is the funniest single sheet in the house.
What to notice
Read the whole grid: the joke is cumulative, and it is entirely about failure.
The game gave comedy twenty-six starting points and has never run short.
Provenance
- Maker
- Arthur Burdett Frost, 1898
- Era
- The Gutty (1848–1900)
- Chapter
- The Golden Age
- Medium
- illustration
- Made
- 1898
- Source
- public domain (Frost d. 1928)
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 supports sizes up to 11x17" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
