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The Game of Cricket as played in the Artillery Ground London, 1752



Date:
1752 - 1752-11
Object Number:
M.2019.35
Creator
Francis Hayman (artist)
Material
paper
Size
Framed: 31.5 x 42 cm image: 18 x 28.5 cm
Object name
print
Object category
pictures

Description

Framed, mounted and glazed. Copperplate engraving for The New Universal Magazine, 1752. Cricket match in progress in a rural setting. Batsman holds a curved, hockey stick type bat. Bald wicketkeeper crouches behind a two-stump wicket. Bowler throws underarm Scorer seated in right foreground, notching runs onto a stick. Title along lower edge, Engraver’s name, lower right
Association:
Francis Hayman
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AX.2020.2 : The Game of Cricket as Played in the Artillery Ground, London, 1743