Ground of the Calcutta Cricket Club, 15th Jan'y. 1861
1861 SOAS, University of London
About this artwork
A detailed watercolor landscape depicting a cricket match being played on the grounds of the Calcutta Cricket Club in India. The composition includes local landmarks and a colonial-era lawn roller in the foreground.
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This painting captures a fascinating moment of cultural fusion in colonial India, where the quintessentially British sport of cricket is played in the heart of Calcutta. The inclusion of local landmarks like the Ochterlony Monument provides a distinct topographical record of the mid-19th-century city landscape. It serves as an evocative piece of sporting history, showing how colonial leisure activities were transplanted to distant outposts of the British Empire.
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Ground of the Calcutta Cricket Club, 15th Jan'y. 1861
Percy Carpenter, 1861
