Engraving - playing cricket in the dining-room - artist J. Leech c1830
Object Type
Artwork/Print/Etching
Artwork/Print/Engraving
Date Used
1840s
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Object Detail
Brief Description
Hand coloured engraving set inside an opulent room with double-doors at one end, plasterwork and candelabras on the walls. Eight figures are shown, seven of them youngsters. A boy is holding a cricket bat in his right hand and watching a red ball which has struck and broken a glass case containing a vase, which is falling off its pedestal. Below the image is printed "Here you have him, in pursuance of a bright thought, playing at Cricket in the drawing-room". The artist's signature, "J Leech" is in the lower-left of the image. Written in pencil on the reverse is "Leech / circa 1830".
Measurements
0 - Whole: H: 166 W: 233mm (H: 6 9/16 W: 9 3/16")
Date Used
1840s
Location
In storage
Registration No
M8543
Credit Line
Kindly donated to the Melbourne Cricket Museum by Mr Anthony Baer.
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