Cheese-rolling Painting

Cheese-rolling 2012. Painting depicting England’s historical sport. Every year, during Spring, the South West England Gloucester region hosts the annual cheese-rolling event where people from far and wide travel to watch competitors launch themselves down a hill in pursuit of a 3-4 kg round of Double Gloucester cheese. The first person across the finish line is crowned winner, with the cheese as their prize. There are a few theories of how the sport came about, which is estimated to be in the 15th century. The first is that it was used for maintaining grazing rights on the commons. The second explanation is that the event is of pagan origin, where people would throw bundles of burning brushwood down the hill representing the New Year after winter ends. Acrylic on quality canvas. Signed: Falconer ’12. Sold unframed. W60cm x L40cm x D4cm quality box canvas. Thank you Ben Falconer

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:23.6 W x 23.6 H x 1.6 D in

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