Numero oggetto
M.2020.10
Titolo
Reginald Hankey Esq
Data
1856 - 1856
Creatore
Materiale
Portata
Image: 33.2 x 23.5 cm
Framed: 46.2 x 36.4 cm
Descrizione
Framed, mounted and glazed full length watercolour of a batsman. Man turned to the left, but facing front. Left hand tucked in waistband, right hand holding straight bat with thin handle. Wearing straw boater with pale blue ribbon, bow-tie and belt. Small hill and white tent in background. Title on lower edge, signed on left, dated on right.
Remnant of handwritten note on reverse ‘..pages 108.. not out by …’
Portrait of Reginald Hankey (1832-1886)
John Corbet Anderson (1827-1907)
Watercolour drawing for lithograph
Oxford University and Surrey batter Reginald Hankey is depicted on a rural cricket field in front of a tent. Hankey’s cricket career was brief and he is chiefly remembered for a thrilling innings of 70 for the Gentlemen against the Players at Lord’s in 1857.
Produced between 1850 and 1860, the cricket lithographs of John Corbet Anderson were hugely popular in the years before photography became widespread. Featuring many of the greatest players from a period of great enthusiasm for cricket, they remain among the most desirable and collectible cricket prints.
MCC Collections: Donated by Mr H. Ling, 1946
M.2020.10
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