Oil paint on canvas
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/john-robertson-reid-442" aria-label="More by John Robertson Reid" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">John Robertson Reid</a>
A Country Cricket Match
Presented by Sir Henry Tate 1894
actions: processes and functions
adults
architecture
Ashington
barrel
basket
bat
bottle
boy
chair
children
clothing and personal items
cricket
eating and drinking
England
England, South East
England, Southern
field
furnishings
girl
glass
group
groups
hat
hat, bonnet
kitchen
landscape
leisure and pastimes
looking / watching
man
marquee
objects
people
picnic
places
places of entertainment
smock
sport
sports and games
Sussex - non-specific
Sussex, West
table
townscapes / man-made features
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
vessels and containers
village
woman
<p>Robertson Reid was a Scottish artist who lived in the south of England during the 1870s. He depicted rural community life in an almost documentary style of painting. This scene is set in Ashington in Sussex. Reid shows villagers socialising, either playing or watching the cricket match. Despite the name of the work, the focus appears to be the interaction of a carefully staged group in the foreground. Figures of different ages and social classes socialise together, including wealthy landowners and agricultural workers.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2019</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
4 February 2005 – 2 May 2005
2005-05-02
4 February 2005 – 2 May 2005
2005-05-02
2005-02-04
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
2005-02-04
Joseph Beuys: Actions, Vitrines, Environments
Exhibition
28 September 2007 – 13 January 2008
2008-01-13
28 September 2007 – 13 January 2008
2008-01-13
2007-09-28
Lady Lever Art Gallery (Port Sunlight, UK)
2007-09-28
Reciprocal loan "Millais"
Loan-out
1 October 2007 – 31 May 2008
2008-05-31
1 October 2007 – 31 May 2008
2008-05-31
2007-10-01
Lady Lever Art Gallery (Port Sunlight, UK)
2007-10-01
Reciprocal loan for Millais
Loan-out
7 August 2014 – 24 July 2022
2022-07-24
7 August 2014
2014-08-07
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2014-08-07
Gallery 9
Collection based display
16 March 2019 – 31 May 2019
2019-05-31
16 March 2019 – 31 May 2019
2019-05-31
2019-03-16
MK Gallery (Milton Keynes, UK)
2019-03-16
The Lie of the Land
Tate partnerships & programmes
A Country Cricket Match
support: 1067 × 1816 mm
frame: 1510 × 2275 × 150 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999962" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Sir Henry Tate</a> 1894
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<p>Robertson Reid was a Scottish artist who lived in the south of England during the 1870s. He depicted rural community life in an almost documentary style of painting. This scene is set in Ashington in Sussex. Reid shows villagers socialising, either playing or watching the cricket match. Despite the name of the work, the focus appears to be the interaction of a carefully staged group in the foreground. Figures of different ages and social classes socialise together, including wealthy landowners and agricultural workers.</p>
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2019-11-15T00:00:00
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<p><b>N01557</b> A COUNTRY CRICKET MATCH, SUSSEX 1878</p>
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<p>Incr. ‘John R. Reid 78.’ b.l.
<br/>Canvas, 42×71 1/2 (106·6×181·5).
<br/>Tate Gift 1894.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1878 (77).
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Art Journal</i>, 1884, engr. J. C. Griffiths p.268; Sir Edward J. Poynter, <i>The National Gallery</i>, III, 1900, p.229.</p>
<p>Painted at Ashington in Sussex.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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Catalogue entry
2004-07-16T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
actions: processes and functions adults architecture Ashington barrel basket bat bottle boy chair children clothing and personal items cricket eating and drinking England England, South East England, Southern field furnishings girl glass group groups hat hat, bonnet kitchen landscape leisure and pastimes looking / watching man marquee objects people picnic places places of entertainment smock sport sports and games Sussex - non-specific Sussex, West table townscapes / man-made features UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions vessels and containers village woman