Lot Essay
Trimmed to image with title inset in mount. Paper abrasions.
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JOHN CORBET ANDERSON
Heathfield Harmon Stephenson. Born May 3rd 1833, at Esher, Surrey
hand-coloured lithograph by and after John Corbet Anderson, [London: published by F. Lillywhite and Wisden, March 12th 1858], 288 x 189mm. (11¼ x 7½in.), framed and glazed.
Heathfield Harmon Stephenson. Born May 3rd 1833, at Esher, Surrey
hand-coloured lithograph by and after John Corbet Anderson, [London: published by F. Lillywhite and Wisden, March 12th 1858], 288 x 189mm. (11¼ x 7½in.), framed and glazed.
Literature
Down & West 33, pp. 118-19; Bouwman p. 56. Heathfield Harman Stephenson (1833-96) of Surrey, All England and the United South of England teams, "H. H." to all who knew him, is perhaps most remembered as captain of the all-professional team that visited Australia in 1861-62 on the first tour. He was, in fact, a "gentleman" player, unable to afford amateur status, who later became cricket coach at Uppingham school. Although bowling was his greatest strength, Anderson portrays him as a stalwart figure leaning on his bat, his leadership qualities enhanced by the castle in the distance.