The albumen paper photograph (approximately 78 × 143 mm, mounted on a standard cabinet card, 108 × 167 mm) takes the form of a triptych. The left and right panels contain 'The Noble Game of Cricket', five quatrains of verse 'written with the right and left hands' as mirror images..... More
London, Lillywhite, Frowd, 1886. More
Furreedpore (Faridpur), formerly in East Bengal, India (now Bangladesh), has important Australian connections, exemplified by this photograph. Silas Mead (1834-1909), a Baptist minister, emigrated to South Australia in July 1861; 'he preached at chapels in Adelaide and North Adelaide. Regular services began at White's Rooms and within a month a...... More
The black and white photograph (303 × 240 mm) is personally signed in ink on the image by Sir Donald Bradman (1908-2001), and comes with our letter of authenticity. Although produced in the mid-1990s, this photograph was individually printed from the original 1930s negative. We purchased this item in the..... More
The black and white photograph (253 × 203 mm) is personally signed in ink on the image by Sir Donald Bradman (1908-2001), and comes with our letter of authenticity. Although produced in the mid-1990s, this photograph was individually printed from the original 1930s negative. We purchased this item in the..... More
The inkstamp of the London photographer, Chard Jenkins, is on the verso. The photograph probably dates from the 1962-63 Australian tour of England. The signature and inscription ('Best wishes') were obtained at a later date. They are written very clearly in ink on the surface of the photograph. In this..... More
The inkstamp of the London photographer, Chard Jenkins, is on the verso. The photograph probably dates from the 1962-63 Australian tour of England. The signature and inscription ('Best wishes') were obtained at a later date. They are written very clearly in ink on the surface of the photograph. Richie Benaud..... More
The photograph is personally signed in ink on the image by Sir Donald Bradman (1908-2001), and comes with our letter of authenticity. We purchased this item in the late 1990s from a source whom we know well, and whose connection with Don Bradman was proven and long-established; we knew the..... More
The photograph is personally signed in ink on the image by Sir Donald Bradman (1908-2001), and comes with our letter of authenticity. We purchased this item in the late 1990s from a source whom we know well, and whose connection with Don Bradman was proven and long-established; we knew the..... More
This large-format black and white gelatin silver photograph is personally signed in ink on the image by Sir Donald Bradman (1908-2001), and comes with our letter of authenticity. Although produced in the mid-1990s, this photograph was hand-printed from the original 1930s negative. We purchased it in the late 1990s from..... More
The photograph is personally signed in ink on the image by Sir Donald Bradman (1908-2001). Although produced in the mid-1990s (we purchased it in the late 1990s), this photograph was printed direct from the original 1930s negative. More
The photograph is personally signed in ink on the image by Sir Donald Bradman (1908-2001), and comes with our letter of authenticity. Although produced in the mid-1990s, this photograph was individually printed from the original 1930s negative. We purchased this item in the late 1990s from a source whom we..... More
The photograph is personally signed in ink on the image by Sir Donald Bradman (1908-2001). Although produced in the mid-1990s (we purchased it in the late 1990s), this photograph was individually printed from the original 1930s negative. More
The photograph is personally signed in ink on the image by Sir Donald Bradman (1908-2001), and comes with our letter of authenticity. Although produced in the mid-1990s, this photograph was individually printed from the original 1930s negative. We purchased this item in the late 1990s from a source whom we..... More
It is an exceptional gelatin silver photographic print measuring a gigantic 530 × 510 mm (approximately), printed from the negative by the photographer for Michael Treloar in the mid-1990s. Treloar went to an exhibition of Simpson's work at his studio at the time, and saw the image on display. It..... More
Seated next to him is Richard Norman Rowsell Blaker (1879-1950) and his young son, also Richard (1909-1967). Richard senior played 119 matches for Kent (1898-1908), 'a hard-hitting batsman and a fine slip fielder.... He helped Kent carry off the County Championship in 1906, and was President of the club when..... More
This unused, albeit lightly foxed, advertising postcard (captioned '"I always use Waterman's" J.B. Hobbs') features a portrait of a late-vintage Jack Hobbs complete with blazer, cigarette and Waterman's pen, busily signing autographs for a couple of young lads. This example has been signed prominently in dark blue ink by Hobbs..... More
The image is a full-length portrait with ball grasped firmly in the right hand, standing alongside a wicket in the practice nets (at Lord's in 1899?); there is slight surface silverfish damage not affecting the figure. The photograph, laid down on the original (slightly foxed) printed mount of Reinhold Thiele..... More
The photograph is taken from behind the wicket and includes the wicket-keeper, the fieldsman at slips, Alan Fairfax, the cartwheeling stump and Alan Kippax, the batsman at the non-striker's end. Of far greater consequence, however, is the signature pencilled on the verso of the image: that of Archie Jackson, the..... More
It was issued as part of a series of fifteen portrait postcards of the 1930 Australian Test team. 'Jackson reached his peak at 19 when, in Adelaide against England in February 1929, he played in his first Test match and scored a chanceless 164 runs in 368 minutes. He had..... More
The photograph is signed in ink in the top right-hand corner 'E.R. Mayne | Lords | April | 1921'. The 'Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket' states tha his 'upright style, pendulum-straight bat in defence and calm temperament marked him as a natural opening batsman'; this side view of him practising..... More
The photograph (218 x 294 mm) is laid down as issued on the original printed mount; the photographer is E. Ziegler, 40 Elizabeth St, Norwood (Ernest Charles Victor Ziegler, active 1879-1925). The photograph and mount are in superb condition, behind glass in the original frame. 'The Advertiser' (11 December 1931)..... More
Cairo, G. Liekegian & Co., [1909]. The team consisted of Simpson-Heyward (Captain: Worcs), Branston (Notts), Ebden (Middx), Wynyard (Hants), Metcalfe (Herts), Bell, Gibson (Essex), Luther (Sussex), Viscount Brackley, Dobson, Drummond and Moorhouse. 'The MCC broke fresh ground when they organised a tour to Egypt in the spring of 1909.... The..... More
The caption is explicit: 'The South African Cricket Team photographed at Lord's today. (They) will play their first match this season tomorrow (Saturday) v. Derbyshire ...'. Accordingly this photograph was taken on 3 May 1912. To quote Wisden: 'The South Africans failed so dismally in the Test matches that, although..... More
