Framed print depicting Grosvenor House, winner of 1933 UK-Australia Air Race

Object Type
Artwork/Print
Framed
Date Used
1933
1983
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Object Detail

Brief Description
Print with wooden and gilt frame, of a red twin-engine aeroplane with 'G- ACSS' painted across the wings and on the body, 'Grosvenor House' near the nose, and '34' on the rudder. Two men are inside it, as it flies through a yellow and grey clouded sky. 'Weston 1983' is written in the bottom RH corner.
Museum
Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum
Measurements
0 - Whole: H: 525 W: 754 D: 27mm (H: 20 11/16 W: 29 11/16 D: 1 1/16")
Media/Materials
Paper
Ink
Wood
Gold gilt
Board
Associated Event
Air Racing- United Kingdom to Australia 1933
Date Used
1933
1983
Location
In storage
Registration No
1987.1833.1
Credit Line
Kindly donated to the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum by Mr W L Gray

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Sport

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