28th Oct, 2025 10:00
The Childhood Auction | The Cricket Auction
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Gravelot [Bourguignon (Hubert-François)] 1699-1773)
Le Jeu de la Crosse
engraving by Bachelet
the plate 10cm x 26.5cm
framed and glazed
Footnote:The legend reads 'De la main de petit Jacquet Ce Globe va partir: un autre enfant s'apprete. A l'ecarter du but. Ainsi dans tout projet souvant nous eprouvons un choc qui nous arrete', roughly translated as 'From the hand of little Jacquet this ball is about to leave: another child gets ready to keep it from the goal. So in any project we experience a shock that stops us'.
In 1748 a version of this print was used by George Bickham as the heading to a page in “The British Monarchy,” a two-volume work on the counties of England. In this, it was used as the heading to the section on Shropshire. The original showed a right-handed batsman, but Bickham’s printers reversed the engraving so that the batsman appears left-handed. They also added the arms of Shrewsbury at the top of the picture and excluded one figure at the side. The rococo border was extended to the top of the picture and has flowers added.
The version with the Arms of Shrewsbury is c5 x 3 inches, without the added sidepieces. This print also has the batsman as left-handed but differs from the Shrewsbury version by adding side pieces, reinstating the extra person on the right, and removing the Arms of Shrewsbury and the flowery curlicues. A similar print was sold at Christie's, July 2007.
The number 3 in the top right corner would suggest that this is one in a series of prints. “La Crosse” was used in French to define cricket for many years, starting with Cotgrave’s French/English Dictionary of 1611
Gravelot [Bourguignon (Hubert-François)] 1699-1773)
Le Jeu de la Crosse
engraving by Bachelet
the plate 10cm x 26.5cm
framed and glazed
The legend reads 'De la main de petit Jacquet Ce Globe va partir: un autre enfant s'apprete. A l'ecarter du but. Ainsi dans tout projet souvant nous eprouvons un choc qui nous arrete', roughly translated as 'From the hand of little Jacquet this ball is about to leave: another child gets ready to keep it from the goal. So in any project we experience a shock that stops us'.
In 1748 a version of this print was used by George Bickham as the heading to a page in “The British Monarchy,” a two-volume work on the counties of England. In this, it was used as the heading to the section on Shropshire. The original showed a right-handed batsman, but Bickham’s printers reversed the engraving so that the batsman appears left-handed. They also added the arms of Shrewsbury at the top of the picture and excluded one figure at the side. The rococo border was extended to the top of the picture and has flowers added.
The version with the Arms of Shrewsbury is c5 x 3 inches, without the added sidepieces. This print also has the batsman as left-handed but differs from the Shrewsbury version by adding side pieces, reinstating the extra person on the right, and removing the Arms of Shrewsbury and the flowery curlicues. A similar print was sold at Christie's, July 2007.
The number 3 in the top right corner would suggest that this is one in a series of prints. “La Crosse” was used in French to define cricket for many years, starting with Cotgrave’s French/English Dictionary of 1611
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