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| Original oil painting, dated 1790, of "John Donelly", a 9 year old boy from black water town (information on the back of the canvas). As a companion piece, an original sheepskin vaellum battledore and large shuttlecock.
The oldest document in the collection, "an act of parliament" from the era of Oliver Cromwell and the puritan influence (1657), punishing betting on all kinds of sports, including tennis. |
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