Virginia Wade
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Virginia Wade
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Published 2019-08-29T10:41:41+00:00
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This is a bronze cast portrait of Virginia Wade (1945), who started playing professional tennis in 1968 and won numerous singles titles including the Wimbledon Singles Title in 1977. She was the number one British female tennis player for over a decade and was ranked in the world top ten for thirteen consecuive years. Since retiring in 1986, Wade has provided TV tennis commentary and she was appointed an OBE in 1986.
David Wynne (1926-2014), the sculptor of this portrait, made a full-length sculpture of Wade playing tennis before sculpting this head.
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| 发表的日期 | 29/08/2019 |
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| 标题 | Virginia Wade |
| Date | 1972 |
| 加入 | 7009 |
| 媒介 | Bronze cast |
| Record | https://www.npg.org.uk |
| 艺术家 | David Wynne |
| 位置 | National Portrait Gallery |
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