TAYLER, Albert Chevallier (1862-1925, illustrator). The Empire’s Cricketers. London: Fine Art Society, 1905. 2° (374 x 244mm). 48 chromolithographed plates after Chevallier Tayler, with descriptive press by George W. Beldam printed on tissue guards. Contemporary green half calf, spine gilt with repeated cricket device, top edge gilt (rubbed at extremities, some sunfading). Provenance: K.A. Auty, Ridley College, St. Catharines, Ontario (stamp; number '28.20' written large on front free endpaper and front cover).

TAYLER, Albert Chevallier (1862-1925, illustrator). The Empire’s Cricketers. London: Fine Art Society, 1905. 2° (374 x 244mm). 48 chromolithographed plates after Chevallier Tayler, with descriptive press by George W. Beldam printed on tissue guards. Contemporary green half calf, spine gilt with repeated cricket device, top edge gilt (rubbed at extremities, some sunfading). Provenance: K.A. Auty, Ridley College, St. Catharines, Ontario (stamp; number '28.20' written large on front free endpaper and front cover).

CRICKET PORTRAITURE AT ITS FINEST, first issued in weekly parts. With a studio in Carlton Hill, St John's Wood, close to Lord's, Chevallier Tayler was well placed to produce his portraits of cricketers in rippling white. The drawings were executed in chalk and printed in lithography on impressive folio size plates, an indication of the great popularity and prosperity of the game in the Edwardian age. Whether English or Australian, the common factor in this pantheon of players is one of style. The attitudes are varied, but poise, ease and confidence are common to all. Padwick 6997.