CROQUET GALLERY: Miss Nina Coote

21 February 2009
John Prince of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
by John Prince (1945-)

Miss Nina Coote was an Irish croquet player who played in the major tournaments in England before the first World War. Later in life she took up spiritualism and I wonder if she attempted to foresee the winners of croquet matches, no doubt if she used Tarot cards they would have been a croquet set with, 3 of hoops, 6 of mallets etc.

[Also, see John Prince's painting Early Morning Autumnal Fantasy.]

595mm x 420mm Oil Pastels