The Satirical Lens of Victorian Leisure Henry Ardmore Sandercock (1838–1887) remains one of the most charming, if understated, chroniclers of the Victorian era’s sporting culture. While many of his contemporaries sought to immortalize the grandeur of the British Empire through sweeping landscapes or heroic portraits, Sandercock turned his gaze toward the manicured greens and the slightly absurd social rituals of the golf course. His w…