County cricket match
Photograph
1978 (photographed)
1978 (photographed)
| Artist/Maker |
Black and white photograph showing the backs of two old ladies watching a cricket match. Players appear to be leaving the pitch, walking towards the camera.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | County cricket match (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Gelatin-silver print |
| Brief description | County cricket match, gelatin-silver print by Peter Baistow, 1978, part of the New Society/The Other Britain collection, gift of Paul Barker |
| Physical description | Black and white photograph showing the backs of two old ladies watching a cricket match. Players appear to be leaving the pitch, walking towards the camera. |
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| Style | |
| Credit line | Given by Paul Barker |
| Production | The photograph resulted from a commission by New Society magazine |
| Bibliographic reference | Published as the cover of New Society 22.6.1978 to accompany the article 'Is County Cricket Dying?' by David White, pp.651-653, where two other photographs by Baistow are reproduced. Subtitle' 'Some matches, you can walk round the ground and count them.'The three-day game is the least watched; yet it is the lynch pin of cricket.' |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.81-2006 |
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| Record created | July 9, 2008 |
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