A Tennis Party, 1889
This was the time of the so-called 'Dress Improvers,' when the gowns were extended over steels at the back only. the figure in the front wears a dress of red and white striped cotton with a white vest. Another lady has a purple cashmere dress with a pointed vest, the draperies of the skirt drawn up high at the back, while the dress worn by the third figure is of foulard.
20th Century English School
Price
£2,750
Signed
Dated 1889
Medium
Watercolour and pencil
Dimensions
8 ¾ x 7
inches
Illustrated
Upwards of a Century, London: Dickins and Jones, 1909
Exhibited
'The Illustrators. The British Art of Illustration 1800-2014', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November 2014-January 2015, no 66