Page from 'The Graphic' featuring a cricket engraving, 12 August 1871, p. 153.
Object Type
Documents and books/Document/Newspaper/Clipping
Date Used
12 Aug 1871
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Object Detail
Brief Description
Engraving of a group of seven cricketers, standing no a cricket pitch with a pavilion and a flag in the background. Four of the players are holding or leaning on cricket bats, and a ball and a set of stumps is visible in the middle of the picture. Caption under image attributes the figures in the pictures to be the following (from left to right): 'C.I.THORNTON, ESQ.'; 'C.E.GREEN, ESQ.'; 'W.G.GRACE, ESQ.', 'V.E.WALKER, ESQ.'; 'F.C.COBDEN, ESQ.'; 'W.B.MONEY, ESQ.'; 'F.E.R.FRYER, ESQ.'. Title beneath image reads 'CRICKET-GROUP OF CRACK GENTLEMAN PLAYERS'. Source of image (The Graphic) is printed along page margin on right. Reverse of engraving (p. 154) carries a range of other news articles.
Measurements
0 - Whole: H: 302 W: 408 D: 2mm (H: 11 7/8 W: 16 1/16 D: 1/16")
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Associated Person
Date Used
12 Aug 1871
Location
In storage
Registration No
M16698.12
Credit Line
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg
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