Chris Beetles Gallery

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A Tennis Party, 1889

20th Century English School

Price

£2,750

Signed

Dated 1889

Medium

Watercolour and pencil

Dimensions

8 ¾ x 7 inches

Illustrated

Upwards of a Century, London: Dickins and Jones, 1909

Exhibited

'The Illustrators. The British Art of Illustration 1800-2014', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November 2014-January 2015, no 66

A tennis party, 1889
this was the time of the so-called 'dress improvers,' when the gowns were extended over steels at the back only. the figure in the front wears a dress of red and white striped cotton with a white vest. another lady has a purple cashmere dress with a pointed vest, the draperies of the skirt drawn up high at the back, while the dress worn by the third figure is of foulard.

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