A selection of Lawn & Real Tennis prints, i) Interior of Fleet Prison, The Racket-Court, circa 1845 ii) Joueurs de Paume au Jardin du Luxembourg circa
Hammer:
£40
Estimate:
£80 - £120
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A selection of Lawn & Real Tennis prints, i) Interior of Fleet Prison, The Racket-Court, circa 1845 ii) Joueurs de Paume au Jardin du Luxembourg circa 1860 iii) Long Paume demonstrating the strokes from Bajot 1850 by Uzelacc iv & v) Vanity Fair print ''A Whipper'' Mr William Hart Dyke MP, World Rackets Champion in 1860; the print comes with an example of his signature in ink vi) Vanity Fair pint H L Doherty ''Thrice Champion'' vii) A Petworth Player's Prayer, illustrated printed verse, 1995