Mounted CDV: CAPTAIN JOHN MOYER HEATHCOTE, Champion TENNIS PLAYER, And AUTOGRAPH




Item History & Price

Information:
Reference Number: Avaluer:2879155Framing: Unframed
Date of Creation: 1860-1869Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Photo Type: CDVSize Type/Largest Dimension: Large (Greater than 10")
Subject: Figures & PortraitsListed By: Dealer or Reseller
Original/Reprint: Original Print
Original Description:
A carte-de-visite-sizealbumen print portrait of Captain John Moyer Heathcote (1834-1912), of the 1stHuntingdonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps. One contemporary source called him ‘thegreatest amateur tennis player of modern times.’ He was one of the committeemembers at the Marylebone Cricket Club responsible for drafting the originalrules of lawn tennis and is credited with devising the cloth covering for thetennis ball.
 Born on 12 July 1834, he was the eldest son of John Moyer...Heathcote (1800-1892) of Conington Castle in Huntingdonshire. Educated at Etonand at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was called to the bar on 17 November1859. 
On 6 July 1861 the VolunteerService Gazette reported that Heathcote had recently been promoted fromLieutenant to Captain in the service of the Huntingdonshire Rifle VolunteerCorps. In later years he became an Honorary Colonel in the 3rd Volunteer BattalionSuffolk Regiment and Honorary Colonel of the 1st Administrative Battalion ofthe Cambridge Rifle Volunteers.  
John Moyer Heathcote died, aged 78, at Conington Castle on 3August 1912. According to a short obituary in the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer (6 August 1912); ‘For 15years in succession – 1867 to 1881 – Mr Heathcote was the winner of the goldprize of the M.C.C., which, prior to the institution of the amateurchampionship in 1889, was generally considered to invest the winner with therank of amateur champion. In two subsequent years – 1883 and 1886 – MrHeathcote was again the winner, and in 1882, 1884, 1885, and 1887 he securedthe silver prize.’ According to obituary in TheGlobe (6 August 1912), he was simply ‘the greatest amateur tennis player ofmodern times.’ 
Photographer unidentified. 
The sitter has inscribed and signed the album page in thelower margin: ‘Yours very truly / J M Heathcote Capt.’ 
Verso presents another albumen print portrait, this oneshowing a younger man in civilian dress. The sitter is unidentified.  
Condition: the print presents a few small imperfections inthe area of the background but is otherwise in very good condition. The albumpage presents a few faint marks and some minor edge wear but is otherwise inexcellent condition.  
Dimensions: the print measures 3.1” by 2” (7.9 cm by 5.2cm). The album page on which it is mounted measures 11.4” by 8.7” (29 cm by 22cm).   Be sure to check out all my other auctions on eBay at the moment!

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