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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.
Credit
Alexander Turnbull Library
Artist: Philip Robert Presants
Reference: C-079-054
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any reuse of this image.