5667228 The Children of Nathan Starr, 1835 (oil on canvas) by Andrews, Ambrose (1805-59); 72.1 x 92.7 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Andrews, an itinerant portraitist, painted the children of Nathan Starr in Middletown, Connecticut playing an early form of badminton called ???attledore and shuttlecock??with a view of the family arms factory on the Connecticut River behind. The youngest child, Edward, holds a hoop and a gaming stick pointed heavenward; his death in 1835 may have been the occasion for the group portrait.).