Lot Essay
Laid down on old backing. Two closed tears, damage to margins.
Details
RICHARD DOYLE
A View of Mr Lorde hys Cryket Grounde
pen ink and watercolour, signed with the artist's monogram, 1849, 137 x 172mm. (5½ x 6¾in.), window-mounted.
A View of Mr Lorde hys Cryket Grounde
pen ink and watercolour, signed with the artist's monogram, 1849, 137 x 172mm. (5½ x 6¾in.), window-mounted.
Provenance
Christie's M.C.C. Bicentenary Auction, 13 April 1987, lot 2.
Literature
Illustrated in Richard Doyle's Manners and Customs of ye Englyshe (London, Bradbury and Evans, 1849), plate 17, and described in the text as "Surrey against England, Monday, June 18, 1849."