Victorian Jungle Rebel, 2021, Renée

Victorian Jungle Rebel, the latest work by Renée and part of a series honouring pioneering women explorers, pays homage to Annie Londonderry - an unstoppable Latvian-American immigrant who conquered one of history's toughest challenges. In 1894 at just 23 years old she set off on her bicycle with nothing but ambition in pursuit: wager $30k bet between two Boston businessmen that no woman could cycle around world within 15 months. Despite all odds and impossible scrutiny from society, this brave rebel achieved fame for becoming first female ever to circumnavigate globe on bike!