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Boys playing cricket, about 1896

Image

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.

Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library
Artist: Philip Robert Presants
Reference: C-079-054
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.

How to cite this page

Boys playing cricket, about 1896, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/boys-playing-cricket-about-1896, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated