Object number
M.2019.27
Title
The Political Lady Cricketers
Date
1892-05-19 - 1892-05-19
Creator
Production notes
First published in Punch or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 28 1892, with the caption "Lady Cricketer: "A team of our own? I should think so! If we're good enough to scout for you, why shouldn't we take a turn at the bat?"
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Size
Image: 24.3 x 19.7 cm
ht x width: 34.5 x 29 cm
Description
Framed, mounted and glazed, pen and ink print. Two female cricketers in striped shirts, ‘WLF’ (Women's Liberal Federation) on breast pocket. Elderly gentleman (Prime Minister William Gladstone) at wicket in top hat holding a bat labelled ‘suffrage’. Cricket bag in foreground, artists signature an date below.
Display caption
This drawing was first published in Punch magazine in May 28 1892, with the caption "Lady Cricketer: "A team of our own? I should think so! If we're good enough to scout for you, why shouldn't we take a turn at the bat?"
Association
Digital reference
14690.txtOriginal issue of punch reproduced here; Retrieved 2011-03-17
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