Game of lawn tennis, with inscription, 'Antelopes Thursday' Therapia Woods Khedives Gardens' and inscriptions on reverse

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Game of lawn tennis, with inscription, 'Antelopes Thursday' Therapia Woods Khedives Gardens' and inscriptions on reverse

Stored in album with PAF2339-PAF2353, PAF2355-PAF2357.; Medium includes graphite and pen and black ink.
A watercolour depicting a game of lawn tennis, c. 1870. Tennis was becoming a popular pastime among the rich by this time.

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Object Details

ID:	PAF2354
Type:	Drawing
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Cole, C. W.
Date made:	circa 1870
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	196 mm x 293 mm
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