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Cricket In The Artillery Ground



Date:
1743
Object Number:
M.2022.8
Creator
Francis Hayman (artist)
Material
oil on canvas
Size
Framed Ht x W: 83 x 124 cm Image only: Ht x W: 61.5 x 101.5 cm
Object name
painting
Object category
pictures

Description

Cricket game in progress showing early curved bat, with more 'baseball-like' batting action, two stump wicket and scorer with notching stick sits in the ground.

Display caption

This crude version of 'Cricket at the Artillery Ground' was copied from an engraving printed in 'The New Universal Magazine' on 4 April 2743, not from the original Francis Hayman picture which is now lost.
Related objects:
MCC/AAL/2/TEMP268 : Exhibitions
TN.2008.2331 : A Cricket Match at Mary-le-bone Fields
AX.2020.2 : The Game of Cricket as Played in the Artillery Ground, London, 1743