Lawn Tennis at Wimbledon - match for the Championship, Horace William Petherick, 14 July 1877

Contemporary engraving of the first wimbledon championship at worple road, london, in july 1877. Note the higher net (5 ft). The clubhouse is located on the left (in a distance). Worple road is on the left and on the right is the track of the london and southampton railways. The balls were kept in the "mangers" close to the players. Signed. Date: 14 July 1877. Wimbledon Championship 1877