Object number
M.2015.700.59
Title
Portrait of V E Walker
Date
1886 - 1887
Creator
Production reason
preparatory sketch for larger picture
Production notes
drawn at artist's studio
Material
Size
35 x 25 cm
Description
Three quarter length, profile, seated portrait of Walker wearing a top hat and overcoat, holding a walking cane.
Display caption
Portrait of Vyell Walker, 1886
Walter T Wilson
Pencil on paper
Preparatory sketch for a group portrait of former MCC
1891 President Vyell Walker England and Middlesex
batsman Vyell Walker wearing a top hat and overcoat,
holding a walking cane by British portraitist Walter
Wilson.
Walker took 334 wickets in his career, and around 1860
was regarded as the leading amateur cricketer in
England - in 1859 he scored 108 and took 14 for 91 for
England against Surrey at The Oval. He captained
Middlesex between 1864 and 1872, was treasurer from
1897 until his death in 1906, and was President in 1869
and again from 1898 to 1906.
MCC Collection
Museum Number: M.2015.700.59
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