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AFTER LOUIS WAIN
Cats playing tennis
with signature 'Louis Wain' (lower right)
ink and watercolour on paper
20½ x 13½ in. (52 x 34.5 cm.)
AFTER THOMAS WORTH (1834-1917)
'Lawn Tennis at Darktown - A Scientific Stroke', a coloured lithograph, published by Currier & Ives, New York, 1885
12½ x 16¼ in. (32 x 41 cm.)
'THE LAWN TENNIS GROUND', a hand-coloured print from The Illustrated London News, 30/4/1887, framed and glazed; 'The Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Ground, Eastbourne', a hand-coloured print from The Illustrated London News, 23/7/1881, framed and glazed, both 11 3/8 x 16 5/8 in. (29 x 42.2 cm.); and ARTHUR HOPKINS, RWS, (1848-1930), 'Irrepressible Enthusiasts - Tennis in the Snow', hand-coloured lithograph, published for the The Graphic, Christmas Number, 1884, 11¾ x 16 1/8 in. (30 x 41 cm.) (5)
Cats playing tennis
with signature 'Louis Wain' (lower right)
ink and watercolour on paper
20½ x 13½ in. (52 x 34.5 cm.)
AFTER THOMAS WORTH (1834-1917)
'Lawn Tennis at Darktown - A Scientific Stroke', a coloured lithograph, published by Currier & Ives, New York, 1885
12½ x 16¼ in. (32 x 41 cm.)
'THE LAWN TENNIS GROUND', a hand-coloured print from The Illustrated London News, 30/4/1887, framed and glazed; 'The Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Ground, Eastbourne', a hand-coloured print from The Illustrated London News, 23/7/1881, framed and glazed, both 11 3/8 x 16 5/8 in. (29 x 42.2 cm.); and ARTHUR HOPKINS, RWS, (1848-1930), 'Irrepressible Enthusiasts - Tennis in the Snow', hand-coloured lithograph, published for the The Graphic, Christmas Number, 1884, 11¾ x 16 1/8 in. (30 x 41 cm.) (5)
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Further details
The second print in this lot is after an original by Thomas Worth, an American genre painter based at Long Island, who produced many lithographs for Courrier and Ives and established a reputation for his illustrative work and racing prints.
The last print in this lot is by Arthur Hopkins, who was a regular contributor to The Graphic magazine (1874-1886).
The last print in this lot is by Arthur Hopkins, who was a regular contributor to The Graphic magazine (1874-1886).