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C1866
Cricket.-Victoria V. New South Wales.
Artist:
Rare Australian cricket engraving of the Victoria vs New South Wales cricket team players, 1865/66 played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 26, 27, 28 December 1865. Result: Victoria won by an innings and 20 runs . From the original edition … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Cricket.-Victoria V. New South Wales.
Date:
C1866
Artist:
Condition:
Small repaired tears to right hand side and top margins, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
380mm
x 235mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1866
Description:
Rare Australian cricket engraving of the Victoria vs New South Wales cricket team players, 1865/66 played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 26, 27, 28 December 1865.
Result: Victoria won by an innings and 20 runs .
From the original edition of the Illustrated Sydney News.
Samuel Calvert (1828 - 1913)
Samuel Calvert (1828-1913) English painter and engraver who moved to Adelaide after his older brothers John and William migrated to South Australia in 1843. By 1850 Calvert had set up on his own account in King William Street then then moved to Melbourne as an engraver in 1853. He was a prolific and left a large body of work.
