Lot Essay
Lower margin slightly soiled and crease-marked.
Details
JOHN CORBET ANDERSON
Joseph Guy of Nottingham
tinted lithograph by and after Corbet Anderson, London: published by the artist, Kingsland, and F. Lillywhite, Islington, 2nd April 1853, printed by Richard Black, later issue, 332 x 227mm. (13¼ x 9in.), framed and glazed.
Joseph Guy of Nottingham
tinted lithograph by and after Corbet Anderson, London: published by the artist, Kingsland, and F. Lillywhite, Islington, 2nd April 1853, printed by Richard Black, later issue, 332 x 227mm. (13¼ x 9in.), framed and glazed.
Literature
Down & West 20 (an example of the earlier issue of May 20th 1851 is reproduced on p. 85); The Noblest Game 34 (reproducing a coloured version of the later issue). As a batsman, Joseph Guy (1814-73) of Nottinghamshire and All England was "a model for all to observe, a forward player standing erect at the crease, unleashing an array of scoring strokes all round the wicket." In Haygarth's view, this was a "capital" portrait. Cardus & Arlott quote the contemporary quip: "Joe Guy, all ease and elegance, fit to play before the Queen in Her Majesty's parlour."