Object number
TN.2008.267
Title
Twelve Cricketers in Characteristic Attitudes
Date
1790
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Size
28 x 33 cm
Description
Twelve full length studies of cricketers, including three members of the Hambledon team, in bowling and batting positions. Top left pencil sketch of man with hands held out in front of him. To the right of him Tom Lord knees bent ball in hand as if to bowl underarm. Then Captain Cumberland with his right arm raised with ball in hand, wearing mustard suit. Right of him is David Harris with his right arm raised above his head holding a ball. Middle left is Tom Walker holding a bat pointing upwards. Beldham to his right holding a bat in forward defense in front of a wicket. Then a man with illegible name beneath holding a bat upwards in front of stumps. To his right Tom Lord in front of the stumps with bat. Col. Lenon/Lennox (4th Duke of Richmond) and Capt. Bligh are talking on the bottom left. Both holding bats. To the right Lord Frederick and Tuffton are talking.
Thomas Lord; Capt Cumberland; David Harris; Col Lennox; Capt Bligh; Lord Frederick Beauclerk, Tufton, Tom Walker, William Beldam & AN Other
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Twelve full length studies of cricketers, including three members of the Hambledon team, in bowling and batting positions.
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