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Portrait of Graham Gooch



Date:
1992
Object Number:
M.1993.64
Creator
Ishbel Myerscough (artist)
Material
oil on canvas
Size
35 x 45 cm
Object name
painting
Object category
pictures

Description

Head and shoulders, frontal portrait of Gooch. Wearing a navy blue England blazer with St George and the dragon crest and a MCC sweater trimmed with scarlet and gold.

Display caption

Former captain of Essex and England Graham Gooch is painted here flushed and perspiring under his MCC sweater and England blazer by Scottish artist Ishbel Myerscough. Painted entirely from life, this gritty ‘warts and all’ portrait must have seemed rather adventurous in contrast to the other more traditional portraits in the Collection prior to 1992. Commissioned ten years before the Lord’s Portrait Project was conceived, it inspired the Arts & Library Committee to commission more adventurous works of art that moved away from the conventional board-room painting of a suit at a desk. It is hoped that this new series of portraits, on display here, can be appreciated as a work of art in its own right that gives the spectators a 'behind the scenes' glimpse into the personalities of these cricket stars.
Association:
Graham Alan Gooch (sitter)
Ishbel Myerscough (artist)
Related objects:
M.2008.23 : Young England Sweater of GA (Graham) Gooch, 1972-73
M.2010.13 : Batting Gloves of GA (Graham) Gooch, Engladn vs. India, Lord's 1990
M.2012.59 : MCC XI Sweater of GA (Graham) Gooch, MCC Bicentenary Match, Lord's 1987
M.2010.13.1 : Batting Glove of GA (Graham) Gooch, 1990
M.2010.13.2 : Batting Gloveof GA (Graham) Gooch, 1990
MCC/AAL/2/TEMP487 : Portraits