"Won By A Neck" Late 19th.Century Cycling Watercolour Circa.1890 Flowers Provenance: With Thomas Agnew London

Provenance: With Thomas Agnew London Ca

A superb pair of portraits by Sharples

and France

Very little is known of his early training he may have been a pupil of Giovanni Pandolfi

where the simple civil ceremony was performed by the local blacksmith over his anvil

"Won By A Neck" Late 19th.Century Cycling Watercolour Circa.1890 Flowers Provenance: With Thomas Agnew LondonLate 19th. Century British School pen ink and watercolour drawing monogrammed lower right ee? An accomplished but to me unknown hand. Circa. 1890. Titled to the mount "Won By A Neck". 25. 5 by 20. 1 cms to mounted image. 38 by 42. 5 cms overall mounted. Some slight foxing and timestaining to image. The original mount has extensive foxing and staining.