Objectnummer
M.1954.TN.27
Titel
Allegorical Cricket Match
Datum
1800 - 1850
Vervaardiger
Reden vervaardiging
Dispute as to which brother is the artist but it believed to be Thomas Landseer
Index Card attributes this to Charles Landseer
Materiaal
Omvang
Ht x W: 7.5 x 13 cm
Beschrijving
Satirical, political sketch of a man playing cricket. Stumps are represented by three girls holding a banner with ‘A bas le tyran’ (Down with the Tyrant) inscribed on it. The cricketer (The Duke of Wellington) has an owl or bat on his head. The ball (Napoleon) is in the shape of a beast with the word ‘OUT’ on it.
The stumps are represented by the three Graces who hold a banner bearing the inscription `A bas le tyran’ (‘down with the tyrant’). In front of them stands the Duke of Wellington with an owl - denoting wisdom - on his head. The ball, representative of Napoleon – with French cockerel’s feet - is marked with the word `OUT’.
The Duke of Wellington is said to have watched his guards playing cricket at Enghien a few days before Waterloo and Sir Edward Creasy later remembered the Duke saying as he passed groups playing cricket on the playing-fields of Eton: "There grows the stuff that won Waterloo."
MCC/AAL/2/TEMP71 : Curator's correspondence relating to gifts to the MCC 1945-1960 donor surname E
MCC/AAL/2/TEMP128 : Curator's correspondence and research relating to cartoons
TN.2008.751 : Batting, with the Three Graces on the Wicket
Objectnaam
Categorie
