London 2024
1939 Brooklands Whitsun Meeting Painting by Frederick Gordon Crosby
The Rob Walker Collection
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£10,000 - £15,000 GBP | Offered Without Reserve
| London, United Kingdom
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To be offered on Saturday, 2 November 2024
- Offered from The Rob Walker Collection
- 88 x 67 cm – watercolour, pencil, and charcoal on canvas
- Painted by one of the most revered motoring artists, Frederick Gordon Crosby
- Commissioned by Autocar for the winner of the “The Fastest Road Car Race”, held during the 1939 Whitsun Meeting at Brooklands
- The Delahaye 135 S was entered by Rob Walker with Arthur Dobson at the wheel
- Dobson was victorious against stiff competition including Hugh Hunter’s Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Mille Miglia Spider
- Depicted is Walker’s Delahaye charging ahead of Ian Connell’s Talbot T150-C on the Brooklands Outer Circuit banking
- Retained by the Walker family since winning the painting
