• Title
  The grand cricket match: all England eleven versus twenty-two of New South Wales, contested in the Outer Domain, Sydney, Jan. 29,30,31 & Feb. 1, 1862
• Creator
  Samuel Thomas Gill, 1818-1880
• Call number
  ML 400
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  29 January - 1 February 1862
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  404828
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 watercolour - 47 x 81 cm. unframed; 79.8 x 115.9 cm. framed
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Unsigned, however a col. photo. litho. of this watercol. at V*/CRI/6 is attributed to S.T. Gill in printed legend beneath image
  Match score sheet (typescript) filed at Pxn 613, and a photocopy of the score sheet is also affixed to reverse
  Titled and dated from plaque at lower centre of frame
  Although unsigned, this amusing crowd scene can be attributed almost certainly to the artist, S.T. Gill. It depicts part of the inaugural cricket match played on the Outer Domain between the touring English First Eleven and a New South Wales side in 1862. This later became a regular event. The view is painted from within the covered grandstand and records, in painstaking detail, a wide cross-section of colonial society. Apart from the milling spectators, the artist has also shown the gaily decorated refreshment tents on the far side of the pitch together with nearby city landmarks. The women are dressed in fashionable crinolines topped with a neat jacket or shawl while most of the men wear top hats, still considered the most suitable headgear for urban occasions. Source: Painted panorama 1800-1870: paintings from the Mitchell and Dixson collections of the State Library of New South Wales. Sydney: Blaxland Gallery, 1985
  Digital order no:a128281
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  England winning by 49 runs -- match score sheet (Pxn 613)
• Subject
  Adult Females
  Adult Males
  children
  Spectators.
  
• Topic
  cricket
  cricket grounds
  flags
  grandstands
  tents
  
• Place
  Domain, The (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Painted panorama 1800-1870: paintings from the Mitchell and Dixson collections of the State Library of New South Wales
  The Artist and the patron

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