Object number
M.1949.TN.9
Title
The Cricket Bat Maker (William Warsop)
Date
1934 - 1934
Creator
Production notes
Artist's signed proof (lower right).
A small number only issued by the artist for distribution among friends. Copyright artist's widow, (see ownership). Has print club monogram
Material
Size
Overall Ht x W: 36.5 x 29 cm
Image only Ht x W: 27.5 x 22 cm
Description
Engraving. Depicts a man wearing an apron in a wooden shed or workshop. He is using a tool to shave the reverse of a cricket bat clamped in a vice on a workbench. He is surrounded by bats in all stages of manufacture with shavings on the floor. Title and signature in pencil on lower edge. ‘Artist’s signed proof’
Related objects
MCC/AAL/2/TEMP95 : Curator's correspondence relating to loans to the Museum of English Rural Life
MCC/AAL/2/TEMP240 : Curator's correspondence relating to items purchased by MCC
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