Bronze bust of Charles Rolls. Artist: Unknown

Bronze bust of Charles Rolls. Artist: Unknown

1-193-498 - National Motor Museum/Heritage Images

Bronze bust of Charles Rolls. Rolls set up business selling French and Belgian cars before going into partnership with Henry Royce, forming the motor car and engine manufacturing company Rolls-Royce in 1904. The same year Rolls crossed the English Channel by balloon, and in June 1910 made the first non-stop double crossing by aeroplane. The following month he was killed in a plane crash.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Charles Stewart Rolls: British: Motorist, aviator, car manufacturer, founder of Rolls-Royce

Medium
  1. Bronze

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3780x4977
File Size : 55,117kb


Aliases

  1. C8727B
  1. 0340000638
  1. 1-193-498
  1. 1193498
  1. 638
  1. C8727B


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