Lawn Collection (page 14)

Afternoon Bowling at an English Country House, c. 1893
Engraving showing two young couples enjoying a game of bowls on the lawn of an English country house, c.1893

Ransomes Lawn Mowers
Advertisement for Ransomes Lawn Mowers purchased by the Queen and Princess Victoriaof Prussia. Available from Ransomes, Sims and Jeffries Ltd of Ipswich

Dwight D Eisenhower and the Royal Family, 1959
Photograph showing (from left to right): Prince Philip, Prince Charles, Dwight D Eisenhower, Princess Anne, John Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth II, on the lawn of Balmoral Castle, August 1959

Lloyd George Golfing
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE British politician relaxes in golfing pose

Half-hours at Eton - Hair Cutting Day
A line of seated Eton schoolboys having their haircut on mass by a schoolmaster pushing a lawn mower. Robinson was a regular contributor to the Sketch

Societys Saturday: Tea on the lawn at Ranelagh
Outdoor scene at the Ranelagh Club in Barnes. Ranelagh was a social club and pleaure garden where society could meet and participate in activities such as polo, gymkhanas or childrens plays

S Lenglen / Sketch 1923
The French girl lawn-tennis champion - to the British media she is simply Suzanne

On the Lawn at Ascot
Fashionable race-goers on the Lawn at Ascot

The New Curate
The new curate - is appraised by the ladies of the parish : oh, bother his principles, how will he perform on the croquet lawn ?

Doggie Afternoon Tea
Two Black Scottie (Scottish Terrier) dogs taking afternoon tea on their garden lawn, one from a cup and the other from a saucer!

Tortoise & Rope Edging
A tortoise climbing over some rope edging onto a lawn

Dog in Walled Garden
A dog on the lawn of a walled garden

Morris / Musto
MORRIS DANCING: Bampton, Oxfordshire. Villagers watch a morris dancing team perform on a well-clipped lawn on a sunny Whit Monday

Darwin / Down House / Garden
CHARLES DARWINs HOME AT DOWNE, KENT - a garden view

Home of Charles Dickens at Gadshill, Kent
The country home of Charles Dickens, English novelist, at Gadshill, near Rochester, Kent

Fishers Man Mower 1863
Fishers hand lawn mower

Ransomes power mower

Lawn Tennis / Punch / 1883
Punch looks back at 50 years of tennis. Date: 1876

Detached Suburban Home
A typical middle-class home, detached, with its neatly tended garden including a croquet lawn

Shelley / Birthplace
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY English poets birthplace at Field Place

Evacuation Hotel
A nurse playing with a group of children on the lawn of the garden of The Toddlers Evacuation Hotel

Wrotham Park
The South West front of Wrotham Park, Barnet (the seat of the Earl of Stratford) shortly before it was destroyed by fire in 1883

Man Tending Garden
A man crouches in his colourful garden, tending to the border of his lawn

Sport / Gryllo
A strange game, Gryllo, based on double-wicket cricket, but played with lawn tennis racquets instead of bats. A net at each end of the pitch takes the place of the stumps!

British in India / Tennis
Lawn tennis in India at a hill station club

Wimbledon Tarpaulin
In preparation for the annual All England Lawn Tennis Championships, Wimbledon, sailmakers repair the tarpaulin used to cover Centre Court, should rain stop play

Rolling the Lawn
A lady makes sure that her husband rolls the lawn correctly

Staged Daisy Chains
A little boy and two little girls, apparently making daisy chains, but more likely modelling childrens clothes!

Tennis Ball Cooler
A box for keeping tennis balls at an even temperature at the All England Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Club, England. This man is taking their temperature with a thermometer!

Marking Centre Court
Men marking out Centre Court for the forthcoming annual Lawn Tennis tournament, Wimbledon, London, England

Dog Mowing the Lawn
A clever dog that can push a lawnmower. However, his sense of direction is somewhat lacking

Kids Play Mum Reads
Mama sits reading her book while the children and dog play at a tea-party on the lawn

Wells Cathedral 1924
Wells Cathedral, Somerset

Lawn Mower Advt, 1907
British advertisement for a lawn mower

The Majors Game
Sphairiotikon or The Majors Game, precursor of Lawn tennis Date: 1873

Sport / Tennis
The Lawn-Tennis-Platz at Homburg, Germany

Headmasters house, Rugby School
Headmasters house at Rugby School

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