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C1888
The Lawn Tennis Championship Match at Wi…
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Scarce hand coloured engraving of the 1888 Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship final, won by Ernest Renshaw who defeated Ernest Lewis 7–9, 6–1, 8–6, 6–4, in the All Comers’ Final, and then defeated the reigning champion Herbert Lawford 6–3, 7–5, 6–0 … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
The Lawn Tennis Championship Match at Wimbledon.
Date:
C1888
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Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
301mm
x 225mm
Paper Size:
338mm
x 270mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1888
Description:
Scarce hand coloured engraving of the 1888 Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship final, won by Ernest Renshaw who defeated Ernest Lewis 7–9, 6–1, 8–6, 6–4, in the All Comers’ Final, and then defeated the reigning champion Herbert Lawford 6–3, 7–5, 6–0 in the challenge round to win the gentlemen’s singles tennis title.
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club is a private club founded on 23 July 1868, originally as “The All England Croquet Club”. Its first ground was at Nursery Road off Worple Road, Wimbledon. In 1876, lawn tennis, a game devised by Major Walter Clopton Wingfield a year or so earlier as an outdoor version of real tennis and originally given the name Sphairistikè, was added to the activities of the club. In spring 1877, the club was renamed “The All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club” and signalled its change of name by instituting the first Lawn Tennis Championship. A new code of laws, replacing the code administered by the Marylebone Cricket Club, was drawn up for the event. Today’s rules are similar except for details such as the height of the net and posts and the distance of the service line from the net. The inaugural 1877 Wimbledon Championship started on 9 July 1877 and the Gentlemen’s Singles was the only event held. 22 men paid a guinea to enter the tournament, which was to be held over five days.
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club is a private club founded on 23 July 1868, originally as “The All England Croquet Club”. Its first ground was at Nursery Road off Worple Road, Wimbledon.[11] In 1876, lawn tennis, a game devised by Major Walter Clopton Wingfield[12] a year or so earlier as an outdoor version of real tennis and originally given the name Sphairistikè, was added to the activities of the club. In spring 1877, the club was renamed “The All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club” and signalled its change of name by instituting the first Lawn Tennis Championship. A new code of laws, replacing the code administered by the Marylebone Cricket Club, was drawn up for the event. Today’s rules are similar except for details such as the height of the net and posts and the distance of the service line from the net. The inaugural 1877 Wimbledon Championship started on 9 July 1877 and the Gentlemen’s Singles was the only event held. 22 men paid a guinea to enter the tournament, which was to be held over five days.
Arthur Hopkins (1848 - 1930)
Son of a prosperous marine insurance agent, who entered the Royal Academy schools in 1872. He exhibited in various London galleries, chiefly that of the Royal Water-Colour Society and that of the Royal Academy, but over twenty-five years also contributed illustrations to The Graphic, Punch, and The Illustrated London News. He was made an Associate of the Royal Water-Colour Society in 1877, and a member in 1896.
