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LADY TENNIS PLAYER C.1880 HAND-COLOURED PRINT

LADY TENNIS PLAYER C.1880 HAND-COLOURED PRINT

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A beautiful little hand-coloured engraving of a lady lawn tennis player holding a racket in front of a net and gentleman player in the background. Undated but dress and equipment suggest the very early years of the game. Reverse has stamp of Creed & Breton, Silk Mercers of Southampton who were in operation up to early 1880s. 

9x6cm. Signed of previous mounting on reverse. Good condition and very scarce. 

Date
c1880

£95.00 (Code: 44888)

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