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The Velocipede by Doris Zinkeisen, estimate £1000-1500 at Rogers Jones.

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The subject of an upcoming work at Welsh auction house Rogers Jones, however, is more unusual: a woman riding a pedal-less bicycle.

The Velocipede, a 15¼ x 19½in (39 x 49.5cm) signed oil in canvas, will be offered at in Cardiff on November 18 estimated at £1000-1500.

Zinkeisen frequently painted the famous parks of London and Paris and also designed several commercial posters for the railways and London Underground.

One of her most famous commissions was painting the murals on luxury ocean liner RMS Queen Mary.

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