North East View of the Cricket Grounds at Darnall, near Sheffield, Yorkshire.
Rob.t Cruikshank Fecit. the Landscape sketched by R. Thompson Esq.r.
[n.d., c.1826.]
Aquatint. Framed, sight size 195 x 295mm (7¾ x 11½"). Stain left top corner. Unexamined out of frame.
A view of a match in progress at Darnall Cricket Ground, depicting the second stand built at the site, opened in 1824 after the first collapsed in 1822, killing two spectators. The ground was superceded by Hyde Park and only minor games were played from 1830 until 1859, when it became a cemetery.
[Ref: 67051] £360.00
[n.d., c.1826.]
Aquatint. Framed, sight size 195 x 295mm (7¾ x 11½"). Stain left top corner. Unexamined out of frame.
A view of a match in progress at Darnall Cricket Ground, depicting the second stand built at the site, opened in 1824 after the first collapsed in 1822, killing two spectators. The ground was superceded by Hyde Park and only minor games were played from 1830 until 1859, when it became a cemetery.
[Ref: 67051] £360.00