"The Cricket Match, Tonbridge School", published by C. Tattershall Dodd
Object Type
Artwork/Print/Lithograph
Date Used
Mid 19th Century
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Object Detail
Brief Description
Colour lithograph of cricket at Tonbridge School in Kent, showing school boys and spectators in the foreground, a cricket match being played on the right side of the picture, and school buildings and the town of Tonbridge beyond. The cricketers' clothes are typical of the mid-nineteenth century - trousers, waistcoats and top hats - and the school boys to the left side of the image are in uniform that includes mortar boards. Printed l.l. below image "C.T. Dodd Pinxt; W.L. Walton, Litho.". Printed below the image, l.c., is the title "The Cricket Match, Tonbridge School. / Published by C. Tattershall Dodd, Tonbridge Wells". Printed below image l.r., "Printed by Hullmandel & Walton". The print is loosely housed in a modern window mount.
Measurements
(mounted): H: 715 W: 978 D: 3mm (H: 28 1/8 W: 38 1/2 D: 1/8")
Date Used
Mid 19th Century
Place Used
Location
In storage
Registration No
M6159
Credit Line
Kindly donated to the Melbourne Cricket Club Museum by Anthony Baer
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