Racket Collection

Playing rackets, Fleet Prison, London, c1825. Artist: Theodore Lane
Playing rackets, Fleet Prison, London, c1825

Portrait of a Boy, Probably of the Crossfield Family, ca. 1770-75. Creator: William Williams
Portrait of a Boy, Probably of the Crossfield Family, ca. 1770-75

Three Celebrated Ball Players - Choctaw, Sioux and Ojibbeway, 1861. Tul-lock-chish-ko (of the Chocktaw), Wee-chush-ta-doo-ta (Sioux) and Ah-no-je-nahge

Vive la France, Balancier, Both in "Tow", ca. 1840. Creator: Alfred E. Baker
Vive la France, Balancier, Both in " Tow", ca. 1840

Fashion illustration, no. 2224, July 1885. Creator: Jules David
Fashion illustration, no. 2224, July 1885

A game of Political Shuttlecock, 1831. Creator: John Doyle
A game of Political Shuttlecock, 1831. Prime Minister Charles Grey: Keep it up B[rougham] _ I d never be able to play the Game without you

Kings Bench Prison, Southwark, London, c1825. Artist: Theodore Lane
View of the yard at Kings Bench Prison, Southwark, London, c1825; showing figures playing with rackets and balls, whilst spectators watch from the windows above

Young Ladies Playing Badminton, ca 1887. Artist: Renoir, Pierre Auguste (1841-1919)
Young Ladies Playing Badminton, ca 1887. Private Collection

Elegant Figures Playing Shuttlecock in a Park, ca 1730. Artist: Quillard, Pierre-Antoine (1701-1733)
Elegant Figures Playing Shuttlecock in a Park, ca 1730. Private Collection

International Doubles At Philadelphia, 1900, (1903). International Racquets Doubles At Philadelphia. Peter Latham (1865-1953) and Mr

Rough or Smooth? Spinning for Service, c1903, (1903). Artist: Thomas Holmes Mason
Rough or Smooth? Spinning for Service, c1903, (1903). A game of Raquets. From The Sports of the World, by F. G. Aflalo, F.R.G.S. F.Z.S

Aviation push-ball, c1914. British cavalrymen playing a game involving racquets and a large ball like a beach ball. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson

A Lawn Tennis Problem, 1923. The two young ladies (simultaneously): How ought we to divide, Mr Bellamy? Illustration from Punch, or The London Charivari, (4 July 1923)

Real tennis and the construction of racquets, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777

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