1880s Vanity Fair Chromolithographs of Cricket Players

Item Details

Carlo Pellegrini (Ape), Liberio Prosperi (Lib)
English cricket, W. W.
Chromolithograph on paper
Signed

Carlo Pellegrini (Ape) (Italian/English, 1839 – 1889)
English cricket (depicts Hon. A. Lyttelton), September 20, 1884
Chromolithograph on paper
Signed in plate to lower right
Published by Vanity Fair in Men of the Day series

Liberio Prosperi (Lib) (Italian/English, 1854 – 1928)
W. W. (depicts Walter William Read), July 28, 1888
Chromolithograph on paper
Signed in plate to lower right
Published by Vanity Fair in Men of the Day series

Condition

- marks to W.W. print to left of image; marks to center of English cricket print; marks and discoloration throughout margins of both prints; glass missing from W.W. frame; scratches to acrylic glass; drilled holes to right and left of W.W. frame and missing piece of frame along right sight edge; scratches and marks throughout W.W. frame; minor nicks and wear to English cricket frame.

Dimensions

- measures slightly larger frame; image measures 7.5" W x 12.75" H.

Item #

18WDC129-015