Phil May Watercolour Drawing Gloom Circa.1890 trade card A group of three red

A group of three red chalk and pencil studies of women

His work was extensively collected in his lifetime

Ellen Wallace Sharples 1769-1849 Portrait of a boy in a blue brass buttoned jacket

000 in todays terms) The majority of which she donated to charity

with the rest of the Fellows collection

Phil May Watercolour Drawing Gloom Circa.1890 trade card A group of three redPhil May 1864 1903 Watercolour drawing entitled "Gloom" Signed lower left 23 by 30 cms to mounted image. 40. 5 by 48 cms overall in frame. Philip William May was a celebrated English caricaturist who played an important role in moving the art of caricature away from the Victorian and into the modern form of humorous cartoon.