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King James II, when Duke of York, playing tennis

Maker

(publisher)
1778-1812

(artist)
1621-1687

Title

King James II, when Duke of York, playing tennis

Date of Production

1800

Medium

Line engraving, printed in black

Dimensions

Height: 21.1 cm
Height: 31.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.8130

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed: THE HIGH BORNE PRINCE JAMES DUKE OF YORKE / borne October = the 13.1633. / Pub June 10 1800 by W Richardson No 31 Strand.; letterpress on separate cutting, glued lower centre: James II., when Duke of York, / PLAYING AT TENNIS-SPECTATORS IN THE COURT. / From an engraving by M. Merian. / GRANGER says: --"It is neither a far-fetched nor an overstrained / metaphor, which I shall borrow from the print before me, and call James / himself the tennis-ball of fortune. Verso: stamped in blue: M

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