Inventarnummer
M.2019.36
Titel
The Bowler: Portrait of Alfred Mynn
Datum
1834 - 1844
Hersteller
Herstellungsgrund
for reproduction as a lithograph
Material
Umfang
Framed: 52.7 x 42.5 cm
image: 34 x 25.5 cm
Beschreibung
Framed, mounted and glazed. Full length, profile portrait of Mynn bowling. Left, front foot forward, right leg and arm stretched back. Narrow stumps in foreground. Inscription and signature on lower edge. Two exhibition and two framer’s labels on reverse.
T.388 decription. 'The Bowler'. After G.F.Watts, drawn on stone by G.F. Watts, c.1840. Inscribed: Alfred Mynn. Drawn from life & on stone by me, G.F. Watts. Lithograph by M. & N. Hanhart.
Possibly two copies. Published by S. Knights. Proof before letters. Restored by H.H. Rogers, Victoria and Albert Museum 1946-47.
Alfred Mynn, “The Lion of Kent” was a powerful all-rounder and fast round-arm bowler. Round-arm, as seen here, was first attempted by the Hambledon bowler Tom Walker in a match at Dartford in 1794, but did not meet with approval. John Willes of Kent famously reintroduced the method in the early 19th century but MCC remained fiercely opposed, specifically outlawing it in 1816. Round-arm was legalized only in 1835.
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