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Boys playing cricket, about 1896

Boys playing cricket, about 1896

Boys play cricket on a country road (probably Dobson on the West Coast).

The painting is titled Young New Zealand at play; cricket in a mining town. It appeared in the Weekly Press, 28 October 1899 and was probably painted in 1896.

Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand
Artist: Philip Robert Presants
Reference: C-079-054
Further information and copies of this image may be obtained from the Library through its Timeframes website,
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any reuse of this image.

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