The Young Cricketer
| The Young Cricketer | |
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| Artist | Francis Cotes |
| Year | 1768 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 170.7 cm × 111.7 cm (67.2 in × 44.0 in) |
| Location | Private collection |
The Young Cricketer is a 1768 portrait painting by the British artist Francis Cotes. It depicts Lewis Cage, a boy from Milgate House near Maidstone in Kent.[1] He is shown holding a cricket bat and standing in front of a wicket which at the time consisted of only two stumps. The heroic pose of the composition is formed by the use of the bat.[2] The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1769, the inaugural Summer Exhibition of the Royal Academy held in Pall Mall.[3]
References
- ^ Wright & Postle p.48
- ^ Von Mallinckrodt p.188
- ^ https://chronicle250.com/1769
Bibliography
- Allen, Julia. Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale: Sport, Health and Exercise in eighteenth-century England. James Clarke & Company, 2012.
- Von Mallinckrodt, Rebekka. A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Enlightenment. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022.
- Wright, Amina & Postle, Martin. Pictures of Innocence: Portraits of Children from Hogarth to Lawrence. Holburne Museum of Art, 2005.