The Record Revolver Shot,
A Vanity Fair Portrait, 1898
A framed chromolithograph by SPY (Sir Leslie Ward) picturing Mr Walter Winans, American marksman, hunter, horsebreeder, sculptor and painter.
A twice Olympic shooting gold medalist, he also won the gold medal for sculpture at the Stockholm Arts Competition in 1912 for his equestrian bronze 'An American Trotter'.
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