Lot 362
A rare example of the signature of Major Walter Wingfield the inventor of lawn tennis, in the form o...
A rare example of the signature of Major Walter Wingfield the inventor of lawn tennis, in the form of an autographed manuscript letter in ink dated May 23rd 1905, framed & glazed, the lot also including tipped to the backboard an envelope postmarked January 14th 1899 addressed to Herbert V Oppenheimer, Queens Bench, Horn & Francis, 2 Berkeley Street from Major Walter Wingfield, The Royal Body Guard, 100 Buckingham Palace Road; and an example of Major Wingfield's visiting card, titled Royal Body Guard and addressed 33 St Georges Square (3) Major Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833-1912) was the inventor of lawn tennis in 1874 which he called Sphairistik