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← Sporting Memorabilia 4th & 5th November 2013

A very impressive pair of large lawn tennis photographs from the 1910s, showing an affluent family posed with lawn tennis rackets at their family home

Status:
Unsold
Estimated Price:

£120 - £180

A very impressive pair of large lawn tennis photographs from the 1910s, showing an affluent family posed with lawn tennis rackets at their family home, the first shows a close-up of a family group while the second shows them standing on their tennis court at the rear of the house, both photographs by J.W. Righton of Newbury (Impressed into each mount), the images are both 28.5 by 23.5cm., 11 ? by 9 1/4in. in size and the mounts measure 44 by 34cm., 17 ? by 13 1/2in., both images and their respective mounts are in excellent condition Mr. Righton is listed as a photographer in the 1899 and 1915 Kelly Directories in Newbury, Berkshire.