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Cricket » Cricket Memorabilia » Cricket Pictures and Prints » READ, WALTER WILLIAM ("W.W.") 1888 VANITY FAIR PRINT

READ, WALTER WILLIAM ("W.W.") 1888 VANITY FAIR PRINT

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Chromolithographic print, published in Vanity Fair on 28 July 1888. Part of the "Men of the Day" series, #406. Read topped the batting averages on the 1887-88 tour of Australia.

Overall size 46 x 31cm. Mounted. Extensive damage to the border, including a large area of paper loss in the lower right corner - all of which is hidden by the mount. Some light creasing and scuff marks to the main image. Fair.

Date
1888
Author
"LIB" (Liberio Prosperi)

£40.00 (Code: 17834)

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