Lot 118
The De Dion Bouton British Tour.
A copy photograph of the assembled motorists outside the Claridge London Hotel in Taunton, the original taken by Montagu Cooper on the 21st July 1904. The newly formed Somerset Automobile Club invited the 14-strong French contingent to join them for Lunch at the SAC HQ, the Claridge's Hotel, on their way from Ilfracombe to Bath. The event is described in the Automobile Journal and Autocar on 30th July. The building still stands in Taunton, being a Waterstones bookshop. Mounted, Framed and Glazed, the image 23 x 28-inches.
