Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia

‘The Batsman!. Portrait of Fuller Pilch. Dedicated to the lovers of the noble game by N. Felix’. Drawn from the life & on stone by G.F. Watts. Original colour lithograph after Felix. Published by S. Knights, Change Alley, c.1840. M. & N. Hanhart. Lith Printers, 64 Charlotte Street. Hand-tinted in sepia tones. Hand-printed title to lower mount border, ‘Fuller Pilch. Born at Horningtoft [Norfolk], 17th March, 1804. Died at Canterbury, 1st May, 1870’. The print measures approx. 9”x13”, mounted, framed and glazed in contemporary oak frame, overall 15”x18.5”. Presentation plaque/ label to verso, ‘Presented by J.B.T. Hales, 1908’. Staining to one corner of the mount, otherwise in good condition.