Object number
M.2022.12
Title
A Cricket Match, 1852
Date
1852 - 1852
Creator
Material
Size
68 x 112 cm
Description
A cricket match in progress. In the distance three scorers and a scoreboard are depicted on the left outfield. Spectators on raised ground to right in front of two round white tents and a low building with a pitched roof. A church with a white tower in the distance to the left.
Display caption
A Cricket Match, 1852
W.J. Bowden
MCC Collection, accession unknown
Oil on canvas
Nothing is known about the artist of this picture, apart from his name, but his depiction of a game of cricket in the middle of the 19th century is beautifully realised. With a white-towered church to the left and houses beyond; an assembled crowd, uniformly well-dressed, grouped to the right and others strolling along a path to the left, the scene suggests semi-urban parkland. The location of the scene has never been identified, although two flags bearing the initials “L.C.C.” – one blue on the third man boundary and one red at fine leg – offer a tantalising clue
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