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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.'