English cricketer: "George Parr - Sketches at Lords No. 10 "
Object Type
Artwork/Print/Lithograph
Date Used
1852
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Object Detail
Brief Description
Colour lithograph portrait of nineteenth-century English cricketer George Parr. The portrait shows a man wearing cricket whites, blue neckerchief and top hat standing upright and holding a cricket bat in his right hand. In the background are hills and a marquee. Beneath the image is printed "Sketches at Lords. No. 10 / John C. Anderson del at lith / GEORGE PARR / Born at Radcliff, near Nottingham, 1826 Height 5ft. 9in./ 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."
Measurements
0 - Whole: H: 252 W: 185mm (H: 9 15/16 W: 7 5/16")
Media/Materials
Associated Person
Date Used
1852
Location
In storage
Registration No
M6203
Credit Line
Kindly donated to the Melbourne Cricket Club Museum by Mr Anthony Baer.
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