The Cricket Match between Sussex and Kent, at Brighton 1849

BPC00141

The title continues: ‘This plate is most respectfully dedicated by special permission to HRH Prince Albert.’ There is another, coloured version of this image at BPC00139.

There is a close-up version of part of this image, showing Hanover Crescent, at BPC00173.

Copperplate engraving by G H Phillips after William Drummond and Charles Basebe. Published by Gambarts, London and W H Mason, Brighton 1849. This is the Royal Cricket Ground, part of Ireland’s Gardens, with St Peter’s Church in the centre distance and the tall walls of the Fives Court on the left.

This is one of the largest copperplate engravings in the context of Brighton prints. At some stage the plate was probably damaged on its left margin and later editions can be found with about two inches missing from that side. There were also later editions published as lithographs with a variety of incorrect titles.

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