Lot Essay
Torn with slight loss at right hand corner, and also with closed 1½in. tear to upper part. Retaining imprint but other margins cut down.
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JOHN CORBET ANDERSON
George Parr
hand-coloured lithograph by and after Corbet Anderson, [London]: published by F. Lillywhite, [1859 or 1860], printed by Stannard and Dixon, 337 x 210mm. (13¼ x 8¼in.), framed and glazed.
George Parr
hand-coloured lithograph by and after Corbet Anderson, [London]: published by F. Lillywhite, [1859 or 1860], printed by Stannard and Dixon, 337 x 210mm. (13¼ x 8¼in.), framed and glazed.
Literature
Down & West 39, pp. 110-11; Bouwman p. 63. George Parr (1826-91) reportedly disliked the way he was portrayed in a top hat, preferring a photograph of himself to Anderson's print. Nevertheless, the artist more than does justice to the commanding figure of the Nottinghamshire captain who assisted his county for about a quarter of a century, managed the All England Eleven from 1857 to 1870, and also led touring teams to Canada and the USA (1859), and Australia and New Zealand (1863-64). Parr leans nonchalantly on his bat while the cricket pavillion decked with a flag, and the country house nestling in a distant glade, give this portrait a particularly idyllic atmosphere.