Title

WO Bentley at the wheel of his DFP car, 1914. Artist: Unknown

Caption

WO Bentley at the wheel of his DFP car, 1914. He and his brother Horace bought the UK agency of DFP cars in 1912, and called the company Bentley and Bentley. WO Bentley entered a number of events in a DFP 12/15 hp tourer, and broke a number of records at Brooklands. In 1919 he went on to found the company Bentley Motors Ltd.
Beaulieu (England), National Motor Museum

Date

1914

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/National Motor Museum

Reference

HRM19A86_094

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,8Mb (1,9Mb) / 17,0in x 12,3in / 5085 x 3700 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation people male car cars automobile sport man men industry guy drive century driver company motor racing B&W motor sport vintage car MONOCHROME road Transport Motor Car black & white black and white B W 1910s 20th century National Motor Museum DFP DFP 12 15 hp tourer Walter Owen Bentley photograph portrait Unknown Bentley Walter Owen Doriot Flandrin & Parant photograph portrait