Badminton Library; Sword Fencing of 1893; A Fabulous Group of Eight Framed 19thC Photogravures of Fencing Positions antiques The tusks have very old

The tusks have very old splits and one area of loss but remain in solid sound condition with the inscription and hallmarks remaining clear

The reverse shows much of the original boards remaining

and importer of French painting brushes

It’s dating is rather difficult but it is certainly early nineteenth century

Others beautifully captured are circus impresario and lion tamer Clyde Beatty

Badminton Library; Sword Fencing of 1893; A Fabulous Group of Eight Framed 19thC Photogravures of Fencing Positions antiques The tusks have very oldOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1893 In Frames: 8. 75 wide x 7. 25 high (each with one in portrait form) Hailing from The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes by Walter H. Pollock, E. B. Michell, and Walter Armstrong, and Published in 1893 in London, the group of eight photogravures, one being in portrait, the others in landscape form, each showing gentlemen in period fencing attire and marked with a fencing