The Cricketer (A E J Collins)

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The Cricketer (A E J Collins)

James Butler (1931-2022)

Price

£8,500

Signed

Signed, inscribed with title and numbered VIII/X,
stamped with Black Isle Foundry mark (on bronze base)

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

13 x 5 inches

Literature

John Meulkens, James Butler an Extended Personal View of a Collector, Radway: John Meulkens and James Butler, 2013 (Third Edition), page 105 as 'the Cricketer' (Illustrated)

Exhibited

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, 1998, No 683;
'James Butler RA Remembered', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, May-June 2023, no 25

A E J Collins (1885-1914), cricketer and soldier, made the highest ever recorded score in cricket; 628 not out in June 1899 at Clifton School, Bristol.

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