print
- Museum number
- 2010,7081.7375
- Title
- Object: Key to England v. Australia
- Description
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Outline key to a print of a cricket test match between England and Australia, 1887; view of the green with men and women in Edwardian dress in the seats curving from the left foreground around and along the side on the right, with the Prince and Princess of Wales standing in front at the edge of the pitch in centre right, and Lady de Grey showing a scorecard to Lord Harris in the left foreground; the players include T W Garrett, who is straining to take a catch off W G Grace, who stands in bat about to run, partnered by W W Read; with roundel portraits of all the players below the image.
Outline lithograph, laid on board, broken in half
- Production date
- 1887-1901 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 380 millimetres
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Width: 570 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2010
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Friends of the British Museum, the Art Fund, Mrs Charles Wrightsman, the Michael Marks Charitable Trust, and numerous individual donors.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 2010,7081.7375