Details
Frederick Gordon Crosby (1885-1943)
"Brooklands - Flying Finish"
Watercolour and gouache
signed "F. Gordon Crosby"
- 12½ x 21¼in (31.7 x 54cm.)
Note: Percy Lambert (Singer) just beating Jock Hancock's new 24hp Vauxhall in the 100mph Short Handicap, B.A.R.C. Whitsun Meeting 1913. A similar sketch of this picture appeared in "The Autocar" May 17th 1913 before this finished work featured in the same publication on April 11th 1914, stating that it was to be used on 1914 fixture cards.
"Brooklands - Flying Finish"
Watercolour and gouache
signed "F. Gordon Crosby"
- 12½ x 21¼in (31.7 x 54cm.)
Note: Percy Lambert (Singer) just beating Jock Hancock's new 24hp Vauxhall in the 100mph Short Handicap, B.A.R.C. Whitsun Meeting 1913. A similar sketch of this picture appeared in "The Autocar" May 17th 1913 before this finished work featured in the same publication on April 11th 1914, stating that it was to be used on 1914 fixture cards.
Provenance
Given to the vendor's father by Gordon Crosby.
Literature
W. Boddy "The Story of Brooklands Motor Course", Grenville Publishing.
N. Portway "Vauxhall - The Finest of Sporting Cars 30-98', 1995
N. Portway "Vauxhall - The Finest of Sporting Cars 30-98', 1995