Object number
TN.2008.878
Title
Portrait of RAL (Bob) Massie
Date
1981
Creator
Production reason
Created for the artist's husband, during the sitter's playing days, along with portraits of Fred Trueman and Deryck Murray, which are not in the collection.
Material
Size
47 x 40 cm
Description
Crayon and wash drawing. Head and shoulders portrait of a young man with light brown hair wearing a cornflower blue jumper and a dark blue open necked shirt.
Display caption
Portrait of Bob Massie (b.1947),1981
Catherine Hainsworth
Pastel on paper
Head and shoulders portrait of former Australian swing Bowler Robert Massie, remembered for his Test debut in 1972 at Lord’s where he took eight wickets in each innings, with figures of 16-137 for the match. At the time this was a world record for a Test debut and the figures remain the best in a Test at Lord’s..
Drawn by artist Catherine Hainsworth for her husband during the sitter’s playing career, along with portraits of Fred Trueman and Deryck Murray, which are not in the collection.
MCC Collections: Gift from the artist and her husband S.B. Hainsworth
Museum number: TN.2008.878
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MCC/AAL/2/TEMP93 : Curator's correspondence relating to gifts to the MCC 1980-1984
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