Antique print – Cricket match at Brighton England c.1849 Ref: 888-187

The Cricket Match between Sussex & Kent, at Brighton c.1849
G.H. Phillips after the painting by William Drummond and Charles J Basebe. William Drummond was a London painter of portraits, large group portraits, figure subjects and some historical themes.

This engraving includes portraits of many famous English cricket players and personalities. For example, the gentleman dressed in white, in the centre foreground is John Wisden, who began publishing an annual publication about cricket in 1864.

Pristine hand coloured engraving measures approx 90cm X 60cm. Outside dimensions of antique Hogarth frame are approx 108cm X 79cm