Manfred von Brauchitsch driving Mercedes-Benz W25 Grand Prix car Size:S: 40 x 30cm mounting from a blanket'

mounting from a blanket'

A boy in a livery uniform struggles to hold onto the reins of two large stylised horses

the Coupe de la Liberation

some bowing before him

Tom Rakewell is taking possession of his miserly father's effects

Manfred von Brauchitsch driving Mercedes-Benz W25 Grand Prix car Size:S: 40 x 30cm mounting from a blanket'Manfred von Brauchitsch driving Mercedes Benz W25 Grand Prix car, 1934. Mercedes was one of the dominant teams in Grand Prix racing in the 1930s, with their drivers winning the European Championship in 1935, 1937, 1938 and 1939. Von Brauchitsch was one of the most successful drivers of the pre war era. He entered his first race, a hillclimb in 1929 driving a Mercedes and came first in his class. In 1931 he competed in the Eifel Grand Prix and finished