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TN.2008.1729
Title
The Cricket Players of Europe
Date
1741 - 1760
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Caricature satirising European Royal families by Matthew Darly, English caricaturist and printseller.
Coloured caricature by M. Darly, first published in 1741. Members of European royalty playing a game of cricket, each character has a speech bubble. There are rhyming verses below the image.
Pencil notes on lower edge identifing players - Louis XV; Frederick II Prussia
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