Signed and dated 1895 and inscribed on the canvas with the name 'Flight - A sketch - H F Lucas-Lucas Sep 1895'. Inscribed also on the reverse 'Sketch by H F Lucas-Lucas and dated and serial number 290685 on reverse stretcher along with frame makers label of Levetons in Norwich. Further inscription to the inner slip on front of frame with the name 'Peter'.

Henry Frederick Lucas-Lucas (c.1848-1943) was born in Louth in Lincolnshire. In 1878 he moved to Rugby where he worked throughout his life, painting hunting scenes (especially of the Pytchley), racehorses, hunters and polo ponies. Earl Beatty was one of his main patrons. Several of his works were published as prints, with the best known one being 'Putting in the terriers', 1894. He normally signed both the front and reverse of his work.