Original Alan James Bowyer (1902–1986) Watercolour and Gouache Painting for a cigarette card titled "The Ghost of Dundee".  Painted on stiff paper and with a contemporary mount which has been trimmed at some time to the top and bottom.  The image size is approximately 5.25 x 10.5 inches (13.5 x 26.5 cms).  Signed lower right.  Comes with a loose slip with a description of the ghost which presumably would have been for the reverse of the cigarette card. 

Provenance: This came from Mardon, Son & Hall of Bristol, who were famous for dealing with the art and printing of the tobacco trade.  The business flourished after being set up in the Victorian era and was able to employ the best artists available.  The detail and quality of their work is incredible.  A team of artists would work for several months producing up to fifty hand painted pieces centred around a certain theme and then present it to the client, often Wills Tobacco company who would then authorise the reproduction.