MONGINS CRASH BY GORDON CROSBY Drawing on artists’ board de...

Hammer

£2,822

MONGINS CRASH BY GORDON CROSBY

Drawing on artists’ board depicting the 1936 Ulster Tourist Trophy Race.

The scene shows the race coming into Moat Turn together at over 100 mph.

Mongins in the Delahaye and Embiricos in the  Bugatti touch, Mongin crashing into a field on the left, Embiricos bounced from one hedge to another, to landing in a field 300 yards further up the road. Mongin suffered only injuries, suffering a broken arm.

Published in the Autocar Magazine on the 11th September 1936. Framed with a triple stepped acid-free mount with a gold detail, black oak frame. External frame size: 70 x 79 cm.