D434/18 - Tennis in France, Hong Kong, Germany and Ulster - 1989, 1998-99

(a) Colour photographs (with negatives) of the interior of the Jeu de Paume at the Palace of Versailles and of the exterior of the Jeu de Paume [in the Tuileries Gardens, and then occupied by the Louvre Museum's Impressionist paintings], 1989.

(b) Colour photographs of the exterior and of...

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(a) Colour photographs (with negatives) of the interior of the Jeu de Paume at the Palace of Versailles and of the exterior of the Jeu de Paume [in the Tuileries Gardens, and then occupied by the Louvre Museum's Impressionist paintings], 1989.

(b) Colour photographs of the exterior and of an interior of 61/45 Nanking Road, Hong Kong, with covering letter to Lord Aberdare from one of his sons, mentioning that the Rackets Court at the Bowling Club, 49 Nanking Road, had been destroyed, Jan. 1998.

(c) Photocopies of pages from The Field, The Country Gentleman's Newspaper (19 Jan. 26 Jan., 2 Feb. and 9 Feb. 1895, 31 Dec. 1925, and 3 and 10 Nov. 1927) on the history of tennis and rackets, with related correspondence of Mr Brian C. Rich and Mr D.L. Jones, Librarian, House of Lords, 1998-99.

(d) Correspondence of Lord Aberdare with Mr Charles Newton, Victoria and Albert Museum, regarding the depiction of a tennis racket and balls in a painting by Tiepolo and the double meaning of 'tennis playing' in late mediaeval France, 1999.

(e) Correspondence of Lord Aberdare with Mr Andrew Steven on the subject of fives and rackets balls, etc., and enclosing a photocopy of Mr Steven's article on 'The Game of Rackets in Ulster' (published in Ulster Folklife, vol.42, 1996), 1999.

 

Date:1989, 1998-99
Reference Number:D434/18