Author

[CRICKET] -

Title

Canterbury Cricket Week, 1877.

Published, Date

Barraud & Jerrard, London,1877.

Description

Carbon print with composite photographic portraits mounted on board. Dimensions: 1060 by 680mm. (41.75 by 26.75 inches).

Note

A large print in an uncommon photographic technique, where the portraits are photographed and pasted on a sketchy background. Wisden, the Cricketer's Almanac, reported on the 1877 Canterbury Cricket Week that 'All agreed [...] in high character and county influence, the gatherings of 1877 on old St. Lawrence were never surpassed.' This large print presents that zenith of a cricketing festival that was founded in 1842 and is the oldest of its type in England, surviving to this day. The cricketers and county society on St Lawrence cricket ground certainly attest to the high esteem and societal character of cricketing weeks during the later Victorian period, against a painted background showing Canterbury cathedral and sumptuous gazebos from which high society would view the games. According to Wisden, W.G. Grace put in a particularly sterling performance after lunch on Thursday, 9th August, taking 6 wickets for England vs. Kent. Grace features at the forefront of the print.

References

Stock Number

68755