George Hyde-Pownall (1876-1932)

Piccadilly Circus
signed 'Geo. Hyde ' (lower left) and signed and inscribed 'Piccadilly Circus/Geo Hyde' (on the reverse), with a further inscription 'O Hacker! Arthur Hacker! You've been & gone & done it!/My '....' was surely bad enough but this has ``fairly`` won it!../O Hacker! R.A. Hacker! Why drive me to the ``work 'us``?/You might have left my ``pitch`` above my Piccadilly Circus./O Hacker! ``David`` Hacker! Hence forth I am a roamer/you've been revoked my one ewe lamb to make your/damned ``diploma``/Geo H. P./after RA visit/aug 7.11/p.o. Macedonia to/Melbourne Aug 25.' (on the reverse)
oil on board
15.2 x 23.2 cm