Tennis Party, Kilmaron Castle, Fife. Arthur Melville ARSA RSW (1855–1904). 1889. Watercolour coloured chalks, 12½ x 16⅛ inches. Inscribed lower right “to Mrs Stratharn from Arthur Melville September 15th 1989;” inscribed lower left “Kilmaron Castle.” Provenance: Robertson Collection, Orkney.
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References
Court on Canvas: Tennis in Art. Ed. G. Smith. Exhibiiton catalogue. London: Philip Wilson Publishers, for The barber Institute of Fine Arts, 2011. Pp 60-61
McConkey, Kenneth. Paintings by Arthur Melville. Exhibition Catalogue. Edinburgh: Bourne Fine Art; London: The Fine Art Society, 2013. No. 7.
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