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

Paul Cox (born 1957)

INSCRIBED 'ROYAL, REAL AND REPUBLIC' AND PUBLICATION DETAILS BELOW MOUNT
PEN INK AND WATERCOLOUR WITH BODYCOLOUR
7 1/4 X 8 1/4 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
EXHIBITED: THE ILLUSTRATORS,
THE BRITISH ART OF ILLUSTRATION 1870-2010, NO 449

'WHATEVER THE CASE, UP UNTIL THE 1870S ROYAL TENNIS DOMINATED TENNISDOM. BEFORE THAT THERE ARE A FEW SCATTERED REFERENCES TO "FIELD TENNIS" PLAYED IN THE OPEN AIR IN AN UNENCLOSED SPACE, BUT ROYAL TENNIS WAS REAL TENNIS WITHOUT DOUBT.'


Price
£650

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