Laurie Doherty
(1875-1919), Tennis player; Olympian(Hugh) Lawrence ('Laurie') Doherty
Sitter in 3 portraits
Won gold in tennis in the men's singles at the 1900 Paris Olympics. Partnered with his older brother Reginald he won gold in the men's doubles at the same games. Doherty won the men's singles at Wimbledon five times and won a further eight times in the doubles with his brother.
Reginald Frank Doherty; Laurie Doherty
by Ernest Clarence Elliott, for Elliott & Fry
collotype, published 1904
NPG Ax39964
Laurie Doherty ('Men of the Day. No. 928. ""')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 1 September 1904
NPG D45238
Reginald Frank Doherty; Laurie Doherty
by Ernest Clarence Elliott, for Elliott & Fry
collotype, published 1904
NPG x136537
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