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Cricket



Date:
1748
Object Number:
TN.2008.779
Creator
Francis Hayman (artist)
Production notes
The painting from which this engraving was taken. The orginal was painted in 1743
Material
paper
Size
65 x 79 cm
Object name
print
Object category
pictures

Description

coloured engraving of the Academy students playing cricket, after the original in the Long Room
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Display caption

This copper engraving by the English book illustrator Charles Grignion was published by the General Advertiser in 1748. It is the earliest known engraving of a cricket match taken from Francis Hayman’s ‘A Cricket Match at Mary-le-Bone Fields’. Copper engravings were one of the first methods of commercially reproducing images for books and magazines. Copied in mirror image on a copper plate with a sharp graver tool, the image was then covered in warm ink. The plate was then pressed on to moist paper to transfer the image. This print was later hand coloured and mounted for the purpose of display.
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Association:
Francis Hayman (artist)
Related objects:
TN.2008.2331 : A Cricket Match at Mary-le-bone Fields
T.357 : Cricket as played in Marylebone Fields