Thomas, R. W.

Late Victorian cricketers, from county professionals to Eton schoolboys, pose for the London photographer R. W. Thomas in th...

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Late Victorian cricketers, from county professionals to Eton schoolboys, pose for the London photographer R. W. Thomas in these portraits from Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds, edited by C. W. Alcock, published by Hudson and Kearns and catalogued to 1895. The sitters include the Middlesex captain A. J. Webbe, the Essex fast bowler Harry Pickett and the Warwickshire batsman Herbert Bainbridge, along with cricketers whose careers crossed into football. Each portrait comes with the book’s biographical commentary, and the batting stances, clothing and studio settings have a character quite unlike later action photography.

Late Victorian cricketers, from county professionals to Eton schoolboys, pose for the London photographer R. W. Thomas in these portraits from Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds, edited by C. W. Alcock, published by Hudson and Kearns and catalogued to 1895. The sitters include the Middlesex captain A. J. Webbe, the Essex fast bowler Harry Pickett and the Warwickshire batsman Herbert Bainbridge, along with cricketers whose careers crossed into football. Each portrait comes with the book’s biographical commentary, and the batting stances, clothing and studio settings have a character quite unlike later action photography.

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