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Lot 529
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Two coloured engravings featuring racket sports, the first published in London in 1788 and titled 'Fives, Played at the Tennis Court, Leicester Fields

Hammer:
£80
Estimate:
£80 - £100

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Two coloured engravings featuring racket sports, the first published in London in 1788 and titled 'Fives, Played at the Tennis Court, Leicester Fields; the other drawn and engraved by Robert Cruickshank and depicting a game of rackets inside Fleet debtors' prison, both mounted, framed & glazed and similarly sized overall, 33 by 38cm., 13 by 15in. Provenance: The Collection of Lord Aberdare (1919-2005)