In the article "Golf collection and History Series 18", the paper once introduced the first engraving about golf portrait in the world, the Blackheath golfer. The painting was completed by the painter Lemure Francis Abbott (1760-1802) in 1790. On November 22 of that year, it was printed by the printmaker Valentine green (1739-1813) in copper plate. It became the first copper plate printing Golf theme painting in the world.
The golfer in the picture is William Innes, who was captain of Blackheath golf club in London in 1778. In the picture, Innes holds a club with a long nose in his right hand, carries it on his shoulder, and holds a glove and a badminton in his left hand. The caddies standing behind hold six or seven clubs, most of which are long nosed wooden ones.
It can be seen from the picture that there was no golf bag in modern golf in the period of Badminton (1700-1850) and early gutta percha (1850-1900), that is, before the end of the 19th century. The caddies usually hold or shoulder 6-7 wooden sticks and individual irons for use when they swing in the Linx stadium.
Scottish painter Charles Lee once painted two pictures about golf, depicting the golfers playing in the mid-19th century. Without exception, the caddies in the picture are holding or carrying golf clubs.
The first is a famous painting named the golfers in 1847, which describes the annual competition held by the royal ancient Golf Club of St Andrews at the old course in 1844. The original painting is currently on display in the British Golf Museum, which depicts 53 well-known golfers at that time. There are two caddies on the right in front of the painting. The caddie on the left has his back to the picture and shoulders the club; Behind him, the caddie faces to the left of the picture, holding several clubs and paying attention to the golf on the ground.
Lee created another golf painting in 1859, a summer evening at musselburg links: golfers. In the picture, right 1 and right 5 are caddies. The caddie of right 1 carries 4-5 clubs on his shoulders, while the caddie of right 5 holds the clubs in both hands to watch whether the ball enters the hole.
Another English painter, John C. John C. In 1899, Dollman painted a golf figure painting called the stymie: a foursome at North Berwick in the forties. Each player in the picture has a caddie, two teenagers and two adults. One of the adult caddies is also holding the club. The other is holding the club in his right hand. He is drawing the ball line for the ball finger and holding three clubs in his left hand.