English cricketer: "Box - Sketches at Lords No. 9 "
Object Type
Artwork/Print/Lithograph
Date Used
1852
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Object Detail
Brief Description
Colour lithograph portrait of nineteenth-century wicket keeper Thomas Box. The portrait shows a man standing in front of a set of stumps, wearing cricket whites, neckerchief, short pads, top hat and putting on a pair of gloves. In the background is a tent and low hill with windmill. Below the image is printed "Sketches at Lords No.9 / John C Anderson del et lith / BOX / Born at Ardingley Sufsex, 1809 Height 5ft 7in. / London. Published by John Corbet Anderson 40 Church Road de Beauvoir Square Kingsland, March 1st 1852 / and by F Lillywhite, 10 Princes Terrace, Caledonian Road, Islington." The print is mounted behind white card.
Measurements
H: 330 W: 229mm (H: 13 W: 9")
Associated Person
Date Used
1852
Location
In storage
Registration No
M6202
Credit Line
Kindly donated to the Melbourne Cricket Club Museum by Mr Anthony Baer.
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