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Twelve Cricketers in Characteristic Attitudes



Date:
1790
Object Number:
TN.2008.267
Creator
George Shepheard (artist)
Material
pencil and watercolour on paper
Size
28 x 33 cm
Object name
drawing painting
Object category
pictures

Description

Twelve full length studies of cricketers, including three members of the Hambledon team, in bowling and batting positions. Top left pencil sketch of man with hands held out in front of him. To the right of him Tom Lord knees bent ball in hand as if to bowl underarm. Then Captain Cumberland with his right arm raised with ball in hand, wearing mustard suit. Right of him is David Harris with his right arm raised above his head holding a ball. Middle left is Tom Walker holding a bat pointing upwards. Beldham to his right holding a bat in forward defense in front of a wicket. Then a man with illegible name beneath holding a bat upwards in front of stumps. To his right Tom Lord in front of the stumps with bat. Col. Lenon and Capt. Bligh are talking on the bottom left. Both holding bats. To the right Lord Frederick and Tuffton are talking.

Display caption

Twelve full length studies of cricketers, including three members of the Hambledon team, in bowling and batting positions.
Association:
Arthur Frederick Pelham Bligh (subject)
Tom Walker (subject)
Thomas Lord (sitter)
David Harris (sitter)
William Beldham (sitter)
Lord Frederick Beauclerk (sitter)
George Shepheard (artist)
Related objects:
TN.2008.867 : Allegorical Cricket Match