Photo album entitled 'The Hon C. S. Rolls Vol II'
- Made:
- 1904-1910
- part of archive:
- Photographic albums relating to Charles Rolls
- maker:
- Rolls, Charles Stewart
A red leather-bound photographic album of 54 pages, size 32 x 42 x 8 cms, embossed with gold lettering containing private photographs of C.S Rolls’ life.
Frontispiece: Contains a coloured lithograph illustration 23 x 35 cms of the English team for the Gordon-Bennett Cup, 1905. This features a characterisation of three drivers in their cars: Hon. C.S. Rolls (Wolseley), Clifford Earp (Napier) and C. Bianchi (Wolseley). This is a supplement to The Motorist and Traveller dated 12th June 1905. The artist is Alick P.F. Ritchie.
Page 1. Features a 15 x 20 cms photograph of C.S. Rolls sitting in a 15 hp. light Panhard, 1904 sold to Lady Westbury, February 1905.
Page 2. These two 7 x 10 cms photographs show H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught at Folkstone in 1904 and the Rolls Royce that conveyed him on a Staff ride in same year.
Page 3. A 15 x 20 cms photograph shows C.S. Rolls in his Mors Racer surrounded by admiring crowd at Blackpool in 1904.
Page 4. Contains two postcards 8 x 14 cms. The first shows the H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, H.R.H. The Archduke Frederick of Austria and Lord Methuen driven by the Hon. C.S. Rolls in his motor car. Photograph by Wakefield, Automobile Photographer. The second postcard printed in green is a cartoon drawing of Hon. C.S. Rolls speeding in his motorcar. Collection du Chauffeur, Paris.
Page 5. This photograph, 24 x 30 cms is a frontal portrait of C.S. Rolls’ in a Wolseley Racer, registration No. OWY-29 in a rural setting.
Page 6 & 7. These two photographs 24 x 30 cms are side views left and right hand of the above motor car.
Page 8. Contains four photographs, 10 x 16 cms of C.S. Rolls on a Wolseley Racer at the eliminating trials at the Gordon Bennett Race, Douglas, Isle of Man, 1905.
Pages 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13. Each page contains two photographs 11 x 15 cms of various incidences of C.S. Rolls driving the Wolseley Racer during the Gordon Bennett eliminating trials in the Isle of Man, 1905.
Page 14, 15 & 16. Each page contains a single photograph, 16 x 20 cms of C.S. Rolls racing his Wolseley in the eliminating trails in the Isle of Man, 1905.
Page 17. These three photographs, 11 x 16 cms show the Wolseley racer coming down Bilbury Hill and on the weigh bridge during the Gordon Bennett elimination trials on the Isle of Man. The third photograph shows the Wolseley Racer at Clermont-Ferrand in 1905.
Page 18. These two photographs, 13 x 24 cms show C.S. Rolls in the Wolseley at the start of the Gordon Bennett elimination trials in the Isle of Man, 1905.
Page 19. Two photographs, 16 x 20 cms shows C.S. Rolls at Ramsay Control and passing Hargreaves during the Gordon Bennett race, Isle of Man, 1905.
Page 20. Two photographs, 16 x 20 cms show C.S. Rolls rounding Hairpin Corner at the Isle of Man. And the Wolseley Racer at Clermont-Ferrand.
Page 21. Two photographs, 16 x 20 cms show the Wolseley Racer at Clermont-Ferrand and C.S. Rolls trying Laquelle Bridge before the Gordon Bennett race.
Page 22. A 16 x 22 cms photograph shows C.S. Rolls sitting in a 8 cylinder Dutaux? Racer in Geneva in 1905.
Page 23. As above.
Page 24. The three photographs 10 x 16 cms and 15 x 20 cms on this page show C.S. Rolls trying the Laquelle Bridge two days before the Gordon Bennett race in 1905.
Page 25. A single photograph, 14 x 23 cms shows C.S. Rolls at the weighing in at the Gordon Bennett race, 1905.
Page 26. A smaller photograph,14 x 20 but as above.
Page 27. A single photograph, 14 x 24 cms shows C.S. Rolls and a competitor crossing a bridge on the Gordon Bennett race, 1905.
Page 28. The four photographs 7 x 15 cms on this page shows C. S Rolls on the “Grey Ghost” in the Isle of Man and the Dutaux? Racer in Brighton in 1905.
Page 29. This page contains three photographs 10 x 15 cms which show C.A. Rolls’ Wolseley practice car at Anverone? 1905, plus a group of French officers being driven to Windsor by C.S. Rolls also in 1905. A smaller circular photograph shows a 20 hp. Rolls-Royce driven by Mr. P. Northey, taking 2nd place in the Tourist Trophy Race, in the Isle of Man, 1905.
The following pages do not include any description underneath the individual photographs, hence the lack of detail in the text.
Page 30. This page contains two photographs 15 x 23 cms each featuring a Rolls Royce car, the top one has C.S. Rolls as the driver with a single passenger and the lower one with three passengers outside The Royal Hotel.
Page 31. Contains two photographs 10 x 17 and 13 x 24 cms illustrating the same Panhard car in a harbour location. The lower photograph has suffered significant fading.
Page 32. This single photograph 23 x 29 cms is a posed portrait of seven gentlemen, two in top hats and the others in bowlers, plus two ladies in all their finery in a Rolls Royce outside an hotel.
Page 33. These three photographs 8 x 13 and 14 x 19 cms all depict images of Rolls Royce cars during the Tourist Trophy race where C.S. Rolls was the winner.
Page 34, 35, 36 and 37. These pages all depict images of Rolls’ car No. 4 during the Tourist Trophy race in which he won.
Page 38. Two photographs on this page are commercial postcards of C.S. Rolls winning the Tourist Trophy race. In addition is a coloured postcard by Shell Motor Spirit motor oil featuring C.S. Rolls in the winning car No. 4.
Page 39. A single photograph, 18 x 24 cms depicts C.S. Rolls in the 20 hp. Rolls Royce, the winning car of the five miles Silver Trophy at 53 miles per hour, in front of a tiered stadium at Empire City Track, Yonkers, U.S.A.
Page 40. A close-up portrait of the above photograph.
Page 41. Consists of a smaller photograph of that depicted on page 39. In addition is a photograph of a Rolls Royce, car No. 22.
Page 42, 43 and 44. These pages consists of a selection of newspaper cuttings and photographs illustrating the progress in motorised transport from 1894 to 1902.
Page 45. This 29 x 36 cms photograph is captioned Alberto Santos-Dumont the Brazilian aviation pioneer with C.S. Rolls during a visit to the balloon factory in Aldershot in November 1901.
Page 46. This 21 x 29 cms photograph is a posed picture of six motor cars with the majority of the drivers and passenger in formal military dress located in a parkland setting.
Page 47. A single 17 x 24 cms photograph depicts the Honfleur-Trouville No. 2 charabanc in a village location.
Page 48. The four photographs 10 x 16 cms on this page show Rolls-Royce cars driven in various European locations from 1904 to 1906.
Page 49. The four photographs 10 x 16 cms on this page show Rolls-Royce cars driven in various European locations during 1906.
Page 50. These two photographs10 x 16 cms show a Rolls Royce on a mountain pass and in front of the Colosseum in Rome.
Page 51. A single 16 x 23 cms photograph shows C.S. Rolls driving a Rolls Royce car containing three passengers outside a villa situated in Italy during 1906.
Page 52. This elegant portrait photograph 23 x 28 cms shows a side view of an open-topped Rolls Royce in a countryside location in 1908.
Page 53. These two final photographs depict Rolls Royce cars from 1908 and 1910.
Page 54. This page consists of fourteen printed copies of car engines and machinery including a plan of Dueroiset frame and gear, a Peugeot engine and a plan of the Bollée Volturette.
Details
- Extent:
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54 pages
- Identifier:
- MS/0221/02
- Access:
- Open Access
- copyright: