Original Alan James Bowyer (1902–1986) Watercolour and Gouache Painting for a cigarette card titled "Lenore & Her Phantom Lover".  Painted on stiff paper and with a recent plain white mount which actually is not very good and should be replaced if this is to be framed.  The painting is approximately 5.25 x 10.5 inches (13.5 x 26.5 cms).  Signed lower left.  Comes with a loose slip with a description of the scene 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.