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The Cricket Bag



Date:
1921-08-03 - 1921
Object Number:
M.2015.703.82
Creator
James H Thorpe (artist)
Production reason
Produced for Punch magazine
Material
paper, pen & ink
Size
image ht x w: 24 x 30 cm Framed: ht x w: 30.5 x 37 cm
Object name
drawing cartoon
Object category
pictures

Description

Double cartoon. Left Hand Side: Bowler, in mid-air at crease with umpire. Inscription: “A cricketer can do this all day”. Right Hand Side: Man dressed in suit struggling with a long, heavy bag. Two cars in background. Young boy in cap. Inscription: “but 5 minutes of this reduces him to a state of pulp”. Signed by artist
Related objects:
MCC/AAL/2/TEMP79 : Curator's correspondence relating to gifts to the MCC 1945-1960 donor surname M