Louis Charles BOMBLED (Chantilly 1862 - Pierrefonds 1927) Etoile-Filante mounted by C. Webber Original canvas (Deforge Carpentier) Signed lower right "Ch Bombled". 65 x 81 cm (Damage and missing parts) Inscribed on the frame cartel "Etoile ? Filante / Born in 1863 by y. Gladiator and Goëlette. Winner in 1866 of the Prix de Lutèce and the Grand Prix du Prince Impérial in Paris, the Grand Saint Léger Continental, Prix de la Ville and Grand Prix de Bade in Baden Baden. Trained by J. Boldrick, ridden by C. Webber. Owned by Monsieur Hippolyte Lunel".

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