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Portrait of J Edmond Barre



Date:
1849
Object Number:
TN.2009.696
Creator
William Bromley (artist)
Production notes
1769-1842
Material
oil on canvas
Size
70 x 55 cm image: 58 x 48 cm
Object name
painting
Object category
pictures

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
Association:
J Edmond Barre (subject)