HISTORIC CAR ART

The latest painting by John Ketchell. #Art #Motoring "Old Number One" Le Mans 1929 - The winning Bentley Speed Six of Woolf Barnato and Henry 'Tim' Birkin. Acrylics on Canvas. 40" x 32" Original painting and limited edition prints both available from Historic Car Art.

Remember the earlier blog post on the Barry Rowe paintings and Monaco 1929? Well both are now available as limited edition giclée prints. Limited to just 75 copies on 308gsm 100% cotton paper and 19 on canvas, each print is signed, numbered and titled by the artist. The First Monaco Grand Prix Image Size: 50.8 x 37.5cm Overall Size: 57 x 45cm Bugatti Pits 1929 Image Size: 50.8 x 32.8cm Overall Size: 57 x 40cm Available later in the week from our website or now via email (found on our profile page ).

Next weekend is the F1 Monaco Grand Prix. Like many European races, the Monaco Grand Prix predates the current World Championship. The principality's first Grand Prix was organised in 1929 by Anthony Noghès, under the auspices of Prince Louis II, through the Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM). Alexandre Noghès, Anthony's father, was founding president of the ACM, originally named Sport Vélocipédique Monégasque. The ACM made their first foray into motorsport by holding the Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo in 1911. In 1928 the club applied to the Association Internationale des Automobiles Clubs Reconnus (AIACR), the international governing body of motorsport, to be upgraded from a regional French club to full national status. Their application was refused due to the lack of a major motorsport event held wholly within Monaco's boundaries. The rally could not be considered as it mostly used the roads of other European countries. William Grover-Williams at the 1929 Monaco Grand Pr...