Sujet
The Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Ground, Eastbourne, 1881. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
The Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Ground, Eastbourne, 1881. 'The agreeable and fashionable Sussex coast watering-place at the Beachy Head extremity of the South Downs has made great progress of late years, and its attractions will this summer be acknowledged by a host of visitors. There is not a finer pleasure-ground anywhere, belonging to a town of this class, than Devonshire Park, named after the Duke, who is the chief proprietor of Eastbourne. With its commodious Pavilion, and its cricket-ground and lawn-tennis ground, eleven acres in extent, which are shown in our Illustration, it affords the most ample convenience for social recreation. The grounds, it will be seen, are well wooded and inclosed, and are shielded by the Downs from rough winds; there are thirty lawn-tennis courts in the Park, twenty on the upper level. The whole of these grounds, as well as the Floral Hall, are now illuminated at night by Messrs. Siemens' system of electric lighting, the apparatus being worked by two 10-horse power engines, at the base of the Swimming Baths. It is intended to display the electric light along the whole seafront of Eastbourne, a length of nearly three miles'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.
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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
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HRM25A33_173
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14,0Mo (1,2Mo) / 28,2cm x 12,4cm / 3332 x 1464 (300dpi)