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After ARCHIBALD STUART WORTLEY
W. G. Grace at the Wicket
coloured photogravure, signed in pencil by the artist and subject, with cricket ball remarque, Newcastle upon Tyne: published by Messrs. Manson, Swann and Morgan, 1st May 1891, printed in Berlin, 535 x 408mm. (21¼ x 16in.), framed and glazed.
W. G. Grace at the Wicket
coloured photogravure, signed in pencil by the artist and subject, with cricket ball remarque, Newcastle upon Tyne: published by Messrs. Manson, Swann and Morgan, 1st May 1891, printed in Berlin, 535 x 408mm. (21¼ x 16in.), framed and glazed.
Literature
Art of Cricket 138; Pageant of Cricket p. 186. A pupil of Sir John Everett Millais, Archibald J. Stuart Wortley (1849-1905) was a portrait and sporting painter of considerable reknown. This limited edition photogravure, VERY SCARCE IN COLOURED STATE, is based on the painting which was commissioned by the M.C.C. by means of £1 subscriptions in 1888-90, and now hangs in the Long Room. The artist was paid £300. The scene is Lord's Ground with the old tennis court in the background, now the site of the Mound Stand.