Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Chester, Cheshire West and Chester
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Details
- Dimensions
- 14.17ʺW × 0.59ʺD × 9.25ʺH
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Period
- Late 20th Century
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Oil Paint
- Condition
- Original Condition Unaltered, Needs Restoration
- Color
- Red
- Condition Notes
- Condition report. Offered in fine used condition. The painting surface is in good order, having some foxing, general wear, scuffs, … moreCondition report. Offered in fine used condition. The painting surface is in good order, having some foxing, general wear, scuffs, scratches to the frame commensurate with usage & age. less
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1 Sporting British Fine Art Oil Painting Portrait Classic Red Automobile Morgan V Twin Powered Three Wheeler Two Seater Super …
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1 Sporting British Fine Art Oil Painting Portrait Classic Red Automobile Morgan V Twin Powered Three Wheeler Two Seater Super Sports Car 1935.
Subject transportation portrait iconic scene classic sporting racing car of a red Morgan 1935 V Twin Powered Three Wheeler Two Seater Super Sports Car.
Title "Morgan 1935"
Attention to detail is breathtaking, showing the number plate BNC 84, with car mascot on top of the chrome grill also spoke wheels, black leather interior seat, curved font low windscreen
An ingenious concept, HFS Morgan built his first three-wheeler in 1909. Based around a tubular-steel chassis frame, the design's low centre of gravity and advanced sliding pillar independent front suspension endowed it with superb roadholding.
Distinctly signed at the bottom by the British artist R Hewitt.
Beautifully controlled brush work.
This is so sought after by trasport art collectors, Morgan enthusiasts & classic car dealers.
Oil on board.
The Morgan Motor Company is a British motor car manufacturer owned by Italian investment group Investindustrial. It was founded in 1910 by Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan. Morgan is based in Malvern Link, an area of Malvern, and employs approximately 220 people. Morgan produce 850 cars per year, all assembled by hand. The waiting list for a car is approximately six months, but it has sometimes been as long as ten years.
Morgan cars are unusual in that wood has been used in their construction for a century, and is still used in the 21st century for framing the body shell. A visitor centre and museum have exhibits about the company's history from Edwardian times until the present day, developments in automobile technology, and a display of automobiles. There are also guided tours of the factory.
H.F.S. Morgan quit the Great Western Railway in 1904 and co-founded a motor sales and servicing garage in Malvern Link. In 1909 he designed and built a car for his own use. Previously he developed the first independent front suspension in the engineering shop of Malvern College. He began production a year later and the company prospered. Production of three wheelers approached 1000 by WW1 and quickly resumed with both racing and touring models. Morgan's first four wheeler came in 1935 with three wheelers phased out in 1952. Morgan continued to run it until he died at age 77 in 1959.
Peter Morgan, son of HFS, ran the company until a few years before his death in 2003. He was replaced as chairman by Alan Garnett, a non-family director, from 2003 to 2006. After Garnett's resignation, a four-man management team was established.
Charles Morgan (son of Peter), Matthew Parkin, Tim Whitworth and Steve Morris made up the new management team, and in 2010, after Parkin's resignation, Charles Morgan was named managing director. In 2010, the MMC became dormant and all assets were sold to a new company called Morgan Technologies for an unpaid 15 million and which took over all the former assets of the Morgan Motor Company, Aero Racing, the Morgan M3W Company and all other companies bearing the Morgan name. This cured the negative equity that had occurred over the Charles Morgan tenure. UK Company House
In January, 2013, Morgan was removed as managing director, replaced by Morris, but continued as strategy director until October 2013 when he was removed both as an employee and member of the board of directors. At the end of 2013, the shareholders appointed Andrew Duncan, a local solicitor and very close friend of the late Peter Morgan, as chairman. In 2016, he resigned as chairman and company director and was replaced as chairman by a new director, Dominic Riley.
In January of 2016, the Company was once again UK government funded by a £6 million grant by the British Government after a series of visits from UK politicians and Royals. In August 2018, the name of Morgan Technologies, was allowed to change its name back to The Morgan Motor Company while the original company, founded by HFS Morgan in 1957, had its name changed to a numbered company and accordingly registered at UK Companies House.
For most of its history, the company was owned by the Morgan family. A press release dated 5 March 2019 announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Morgan Motor Company Ltd by the Italian investment group Investindustrial. Though it was announced that as a part of Investindustrial's investment, management and staff were rewarded with shares in the company, this appears nowhere in the information registered at Companies House. And though it was also announced that the Morgan family retained a minority shareholding and would continue to be involved in the company this does not appear on any statement filed with Companies House. The price of sale was approximately the amount of the 2016 government grant which was used, at the time, to purchase back the land and buildings on Pickersleigh Road, that had been sold in 2005/6 to fund the company.
Provenance bought from a private seller
A wonderful talking point with your guests.
Set in a rather fine original gilt frame.
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With hanging thread on the back ready for immediate home display.
Circa late 20th century.
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Dimensions in centimetres of frame approximate
Wide (36 cm)
High (23.5cm)
Depth (1.5 cm) less
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Chester, Cheshire West and Chester
Super Seller
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