A fine early lithograph of Lord’s Cricket Ground from around 1880 by William MacKenzie. This is the home of cricket. ‘The first match ever played at ‘Lord’s Cricket Ground’ came in 1787 when businessman Thomas Lord staged a game between Middlesex and Essex at a newly built ground in what was then known as Dorset Fields – an area of London now known as Dorset Square. Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) quickly became the premier Club in the country, and a year later laid down a new Code of Laws which was adopted across the game. The MCC still owns the Laws of Cricket today. The Ground proved popular – and profitable for wine-trader Lord, who made the entrance to the Ground his shop. However, by 1809, London was expanding rapidly and rent was on the rise in Dorset Fields. Lord was looking elsewhere and that year he opened a new Ground in the Eyre Estate in St John’s Wood’ (lords.org). William MacKenzie was active as a publisher from 1866 to 1895. This view was included in some examples of the undated ‘British Field Sports’ by Henry Downes Miles.