Object number
TN.2009.696
Title
Portrait of J Edmond Barre
Date
1849 - 1849
Creator
Production notes
1769-1842
Material
Size
70 x 55 cm
image: 58 x 48 cm
Description
Full length frontal portrait of a man preparing to serve a tennis ball. Facing right and holding the racket in his right hand. Wearing red and white shoes.
Display caption
Portrait of J Edmond Barre
William Bromley (fl. 1835 – 1888)
Oil on canvas
French Real Tennis professional Edmond Barre on court
by British genre painter William Bromley III. Barre
retained the World title for 33 years, finally conceding –
aged 60 – to England’s Edmund Tompkins (36) after five
consecutive days of play.
MCC Collections
Object number: TN.2009.696
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