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The Cricket Players of Europe



Date:
1741 - 1760
Object Number:
TN.2008.1729
Creator
Matthias Darly (artist)
Material
paper
Object name
print cartoon
Object category
pictures

Description

Caricature satirising European Royal families by Matthew Darly, English caricaturist and printseller. Coloured caricature by M. Darly, first published in 1741. Members of European royalty playing a game of cricket, each character has a speech bubble. There are rhyming verses below the image. Pencil notes on lower edge identifing players - Louis XV; Frederick II Prussia
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