The Game Played by King or Prince Henry Was Pretty Close to Modern Royal Tennis.

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The Game Played by King or Prince Henry Was Pretty Close to Modern Royal Tennis.

Paul Cox (born 1957)

Price

£650

Signed

Inscribed 'Royal, Real and Republic' and publication details below mount

Medium

Pen ink and watercolour with bodycolour

Dimensions

7 ¼ x 8 ¼ inches

Illustrated

Tim Heald (Selected and Introduced), The Best After-Dinner Stories, London: The Folio Society, 2003, page 196, 'Royal, Real and Republic' by Margaret Scott, 'Whatever the case, up until the 1870s royal tennis dominated tennisdom. Before that there a few scattered references to "field tennis" played in the open air in an unenclosed space, but royal tennis was real tennis without a doubt.'

Exhibited

The Illustrators. The British Art of Illustration 1870-2010, no 449

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