Poking Fun at the Famous English Cricket Team, "The Eleven of All England," circa 1865
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Artifact Overview
Cartes-de-visites were professionally made photographs that remained popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. This carte-de-visite from about 1865 mockingly depicts players of the famed first All-England cricket team, "the Eleven of All England," as donkeys. Americans commonly collected and exchanged the small cartes-de-visites to help them remember family, celebrities, places, or events.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Subject Date
circa 1865
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2012.0.5.12
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Albumen process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4.125 in
Width: 2.438 in
Inscriptions
Text on lower front under image reads:
THE ELEVEN OF ALL ENGLAND
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