Boys playing cricket, about 1896
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.
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand
Artist: Philip Robert Presants
Reference: C-079-054
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