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Czarina and Czarewitsch (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Two young ladies standing next to a tennis net, 1947

from State Library of Queensland

  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    Some interesting facts: Tennis arrived in Australia in the 1870’s and soon became a popular social game. Courts began springing up across the country from the big cities to the countryside. Originally partaken by women in Europe it was immediately popular with both sexes in Australia. And since 1900 Australian players have been ranked as some of the best on the world scene. From the early days tennis was instantly popular with women although there was no financial support to help with overseas travel to attend tournaments. However, with the aid of fundraising, Daphne Akhurst made the finals of Wimbledon in 1928. Ten years later, Nancy Bolton was the first Australian woman to play in a USA Championship final. In 1963 and 1964, Lesley Bowery won the French Open Singles titles being the first Australian woman to do so. And in 1961 and 1967 she also won the mixed doubles at Wimbledon. Source: www.chatswoodtennis.com.au/the-history-of-australian-tennis/

Alexandra, now Queen Dowager (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    This would be en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_of_Denmark "Alexandra of Denmark (Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia; 1 December 1844 – 20 November 1925) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India as the wife of King-Emperor Edward VII." She became a "dowager queen" when her husband, Edward VII, died in 1910 and her son came to the throne as George V. But this must be a drawing of her as a young woman.
  • Jon (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks swanq. I believe you are correct. The British National Gallery of Art has over 400 portraits of her and several taken in 1860's show her with a similar hairstyle. We'll update the catalog record.
  • swanq said:
    Jon (LOC P&P) , www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158262/Queen... is very similar. Both could be derived from the same original.