This dapper proto-hipster pulls off a cunning stunt to capture the attention of the ladies: he's seemingly performing a feat of strength, marvelously balancing the frame aloft with just one hand. The ladies are rapt in admiration; one faints, another coos, still another proffers a rose. Unbeknownst to them, however, Whitworth specialized in manufacturing the "lightest and most durable" cycles on the market, as a later 1910 certificate attests. This poster was printed just before the merger of Whitworth and Rudge Cycles. Today, the Whitworth brand has been revived, and still boasts of the fat tires seen on this 1894 model.
Imp. Paul Dupont, Paris
literature: Maindron, p. 120; Reims, 958; V&A, 242; Ailes, p. 57; PAI-LXXIII, 1
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