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8 Litre Bentley coupe (Chassis number YF5021 currently registered as JN1333). Painting by James Field
 

The Birkin Blowers of Rusty and Harry at Silverstone 1965. Painting by Dion Pears (1929-1985)

Oil on canvas by Dion Pears (1929-1985)
 


4½ litre Supercharged Chassis number SM3905 by Abrams

1926 3-litre Vanden Plas Speed Model, Chassis number LT1579 by Abrams
 
Paintings by Phillip Dutton White

Picture of YU 3250, painted by Gerald Coulson
  Vintage Bentley art by Bernd Lehmann (Website)  

Bentley Speed Six
Blue Train Joel Woolf Barnato

Bentley Mother Gun

The six speed Bentley

1930 Tourist Trophy by Dion Pears Bonhams 2005

The Alpine Road by John H Lynch

Sir Henry 'Tim' Birkin Blower Bentley, by Dion Pears Bonhams 2005

John Appleyard 3 Litre Bentley Climbs the Moor, Bonhams 2008

'Barnato's Bentley chases Carraciola's Mercedes Benz at Le Mans Bonhams London 2008 - Artists Unknown

'Talbot Single Seater and Blower Bentley On The Railway Straight 1930 Bonhams London 2008, by Roy Nockolds

Bentley at Sunset by Sports Car Market

A signed 1928 Le Mans Victory Dinner menu Bonhams


Eight Litre Bentley Mulliner Sedanca de Ville painting by Peter Miller Bonhams London 2008

Bentley Supercharged, 1930

Le Mans Classic 2012 sketches
Vintage Bentley art by Jean-Marie Guivarc'h


1931 Bentley 8 litre Tourer
Vintage Bentley art by John Rowley (Website)
Vintage Bentley art by Mueller Hendrik (Website)

Bentley Six in the golden years with classic architecture

Bentley LeMans

Woolf Barnato Bentley Six outside Conservative Club St James London
Vintage Bentley art by Phillip Dutton-White (Website)
Vintage Bentley art by Bernd Lehmann (Website)

1921 3 Litre Bentley (Republic of Equatorial Guinea - west coast of Africa). Note the postage cancellation mark in the lower left corner.
From "The Flying Lady" mag, January/February 2004

1928 Bentley (Republic of Guinea-Bissau -western Africa). Note the postage cancellation mark in top right corner. Issued in 1984.
From "The Flying Lady" mag, January/February 2004

1929 4½ Litre (Venda - now part of South Africa). The seal in the top right is for "Federation Internationalle Voitures Anciennes." Stamp issued to commemorate World F.I.V.A. Rally in 1986 - Southern Hemisphere. Issued in 1988.
From "The Flying Lady" mag, January/February 2004

1930 Bentley (Republic of Mali- western Africa). Stamp issued to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The drawing on the stamp includes the #4 Bentley and the #9 Alfa Romeo. The #4 Speed 6 Bentley driven by Woolf Barnato and Glen Kidston won the 1930 Le Mans.
From "The Flying Lady" mag, January/February 2004

Vintage Bentley (England). First Day Cover issued in 1982 with special cancellation postmark by the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts' Club in Paulerspury.
From "The Flying Lady" mag, January/February 2004

Prewar Bentley (Republic of Zambia - South Africa). Embossed stamp on 22K gold foil. Size approximately 2 5/8" x 2 1/8" Issued in 1985 to commemorate the first 100 years of the automobile.
From "The Flying Lady" mag, January/February 2004

Vintage Bentley Tourer (Udmurtia Republic - part of Russian Federation in western Urals). Issued in 1997.
From "The Flying Lady" mag, January/February 2004
   

1926 Bentley 3 Litre LeMans Blueprint Plan
   
Le Mans 2009 by Jean Marie Guivarc'h Le Mans 2009 by Jean Marie Guivarc'h
   

The Green Bentley at Althorp by Peter Miller, 1994

Graphite pencil drawing by John Hayes

Return to the Bump by Gil Cohen (2005)
   
24 kt gold plated sterling silver ingot from Franklin Mint
   
2-Stamp set from
Auto 100 Stamp Set

Blue Train by Dennis Simon

Bentley Tea Rooms

Bentley v "Blue Train",
Terence Cuneo, Jan 1970

Bentley train bleu

Bentley Boys Away

Autograph Hunters

Salto Bentley quadro

1928 Bentley 4½ litre poster, printed 1967

Art by Phillip Lemon, 1980

4½ Litre Bentley


Christmas party at
Brooklands — Peter Miller
   
     

4½ Litre Supercharged Bentley
Second in the French Grand Prix at Pau in 1931, driven by Tim Birkin
Artist is Rex Hays, 1964
 

     

1926 3 Litre Bentley
Winner of 1927 LeMans. Driven by S. C. H. Davis and Dr. J. B. Benjafield
Artist is Rex Hays, 1964
 

4½ Litre Bentley by Charles Holt

By Brian James, 2008

From Classic Club of Rally Cars. Artist unknown.
 

2007
   

2008

2008
   

2006

2008
Artist: Bryan Downes
 
   

Vintage Bentley art, 1977

1928 Bentley 4½ litre
Art by Lionel Burrell

John Duff's chassis no. 1040
Art by Lionel Burrell

Tim Birkin by
unknown artist

"Once you've driven one you've driven then all." From "Classic Car"
mag, Mar '74

From "Classic Car"
mag, May '74

Vintage Bentley art by
Sammy Davis

Bentley on Snowy Road

1931 4½ Litre Bentley

Rendering by Lane appeared in Nov. 21, 1945 issue of "The Motor" magazine

Vintage Bentley art
by Danny Burns

"Bentley on banking" — Art by Matthew Stevens

"Bentleys Roar, LeMans
1930" by Barry Rowe

Rendering appeared in Jul. 1927 issue of "Motor Sport" magazine

Rendering appeared in Jul. 1924 issue of "The Brooklands Gazette" (predecessor to "Motor Sport")

Art rendering by Bob Murray

Artist Dion Pears' Racing Green shows Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin driving a 4½ Litre "Blower" Bentley, pursued by Woolf Barnato in the 6½ Litre Speed Six Bentley which eventually won the 1930 Le Mans Race.

A tense moment in the Lightning Long Handicap. Sir Henry Birkin experienced a colossal skid near the Members Hill, but by superb handling disaster was averted — and he went on to win at 122 m.p.h. — Drawing by R. A. Nockolds. Rendering appeared in Apr. 1932 issue of "Motor Sport" magazine.

"The Challenge" — Drawing
by R. A. Nockolds. Rendering appeared in Feb. 1932 issue of "Motor Sport" magazine.

The famous Speed Six Bentley adds to its many successes by winning the 500 miles Race at the record average speed of 118.39 m.p.h. Drawing
by R. A. Nockolds. Rendering appeared in Nov. 1931 issue of "Motor Sport" magazine.

Woolf Barnato's Speed Six Bentley — Drawing
by R. A. Nockolds. Rendering appeared in 1930 issue of "Motor Sport" magazine

S. C. H. Davis and J. D. Benjafield, in spite of a damaged car, won the Grand Prix D'endurance on their 3-Litre Bentley. Rendering appeared in Jul. 1927 issue of "Motor Sport" magazine.

From Sports Car: Development and Design, John Stanford, 1962

Art rendering by Nevin shows Woolf Barnato driving at night

Sir H. R. S. Birkin in a
single-seater 4½ litre Bentley.
The Motor, Mar 4, 1942

Art rendering of Forrest
Lycett's 8-Litre Bentley

This blower Bentley once used by Sir H. R. S. Birkin is claimed to be the only one of its kind in Canada. The Motor, Apr 8, 1942

Art rendering by T. Y. Ballan

1926 3 Litre

1925 3 Litre Bentley

1929 Bentley Speed Six

1927 Bentley 3 Litre

Art rendering by David Newman

"Hot Rod 3 Litre" art rendering
by Larry Nicklin, 2000

From Matchbox series of
"Models of Yesteryear", 1966

Art rendering by
Roy Nockolds

Russell Brockbank, 1962, in Move Over!

Russell Brockbank, 1958, in Brockbank Omnibus

Russell Brockbank, 1958, in Brockbank Omnibus

Dorothy Paget team racing Blower 4½ Bentley — a painting by F. Gordon Crosby, in Motorist's Miscellany, Anthony Harding, 1964


"Christmas at York with the Bentley" — a painting
by Peter Miller

A signed Rex Hayes
profile image for
4½ litre Bentley 1930


'Bentley at Le Mans'
by Michael Turner


1931 Bentley 4½ Litre in Werner - Das muß kesseln!!!
(Werner - Eat My Dust!!!), Animation Movie, 1996


Art rendering, 1931 Bentley
Sport Tourer, Leslie Saalburg

1929 LeMans 24-Hour Race
art rendering by Geo Ham

Bentley - Les Hunaudieres
art rendering by Paul Bouvot

Art rendering by Peter Miller
Drawings by Russell Brockbank in The Best of Brockbank, Russell Brockbank, 1975

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Drawing by Nicolas Bentley in
The Shell Book of Motoring Humor, Nicolas Bentley, 1976
Source:  Autombiles and Automobiling, Pierre Dumont, Ronald Barker and Douglas B. Tubbs, 1965. (art_0098)
Bentley 4½ Litre Supercharged
Source:  Autombiles and Automobiling, Pierre Dumont, Ronald Barker and Douglas B. Tubbs, 1965. (art_0097)
Bentley 4½ Litre
Supercharged
Drawings by Russell Brockbank in The Best of Brockbank, Russell Brockbank, 1975
Source:  Autombiles and Automobiling, Pierre Dumont, Ronald Barker and Douglas B. Tubbs, 1965. (art_0096)
1921 Bentley 3-Litre

1929 Le Mans Winning Bentleys - Clive Metcalfe

Bentleys at Le Mans, 1929
by Terence Cuneo

1930 Bentley

Art rendering by Peter Miller

Line drawing by D N Sykes

Line drawing by D N Sykes

Illustration by Steve Dunn

1930 Le Mans.
Bentley cars in competition

1930 Le Mans.
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1930 Le Mans.
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1930 Le Mans.
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1930 Le Mans.
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1930 Le Mans.
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1930 Le Mans.
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1928 Le Mans.
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1928 Le Mans.
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1928 Le Mans.
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1928 Le Mans.
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1927 Le Mans.
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1927 Le Mans.
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1927 Le Mans.
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1927 Le Mans.
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1927 Le Mans.
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1927 Le Mans.
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1927 Le Mans.
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From a 1931 catalog
on 8-litre Bentleys
THE GOOD LIFE WITH BENTLEY CARS...
From a 1929 catalog on 6½-litre Bentleys



From a 1931 catalog
on 8-litre Bentleys

Corner of the Pollen House showrooms (1929 catalog)

From a 1929 catalog on 6½-litre Bentleys

From a 1929 catalog
on 6½ litre Bentleys

From a 1929 catalog
on 6½ litre Bentleys

From a 1929 catalog
on 6½ litre Bentleys

From a 1929 catalog
on 6½ litre Bentleys

From a 1929 catalog
on 6½ litre Bentleys

From a 1929 catalog
on 6½ litre Bentleys

From a 1929 catalog
on 6½ litre Bentleys

From a 1927 catalog
on 3 litre Bentleys

From a 1927 catalog
on 3 litre Bentleys

From a 1927 catalog
on 3 litre Bentleys

From a 1927 catalog
on 3 litre Bentleys

From a 1927 catalog
on 3 litre Bentleys

From a 1927 catalog
on 3 litre Bentleys

From a 1927 catalog
on 3 litre Bentleys

From a 1927 catalog
on 3 litre Bentleys

From a 1926 catalog
on 3 litre Bentleys

From a 1926 catalog
on 3 litre Bentleys

From a 1925 catalog
on 3 litre Bentleys

From a 1925 catalog
on 3 litre Bentleys

From a 1925 catalog
on 3 litre Bentleys

From a 1925 catalog
on 3 litre Bentleys

3 litre Bentley from a
1922 catalog

3 litre Bentley from a
1922 catalog

3 litre Bentley from a
1922 catalog

3 litre Bentley from a
1922 catalog

3 litre Bentley from a
1922 catalog

Art rendering by Tom Hibbard of a Bentley 4½ Litre

From Rolls-Royce & Bentley International Pageant at Goodwood program, May 20, 1967

Bentley Six-and-A-Half Litre Six-Cylinder Standard Model (1929 brochure frontispiece)

Grand Prix d'Endurance de 24 Heures, Le Mans, June 14 and 15, 1924. Won by Three Litre Bentley (1925 brochure frontispiece)

The New Three-Litre Bentley: A High Speed Sporting Car with a Four-Cylinder 80 Bore Engine (1920 brochure frontispiece)

The Three Litre Bentley (1924 brochure frontispiece)
Source: Encyclopedia of Cars by Chris Horton, 1990 (art_0026)
Art rendering of Bentley 3 Litre
Source: Encyclopedia of Cars by Chris Horton, 1990 (art_0025)
Art rendering of Bentley 3 Litre Super Sport
Source: 100 Years of the Automobile:  1886-1986 by Marco Ruiz, 1985 (art_0024)
Art rendering of Bentley 4½ Litre by Maurizio e Paolo Riccioni

1929-1931 Bentley 4½ Litre Supercharged. Custom Component Switches, Inc., 1969

Art rendering by F. Gordon Crosby. Depicts Tim Birkin in a skid while braking for Mulsane corner

Art rendering by John Batchelor, 1982

Art rendering by Vic Berris, 1973
Casino Square in Monte Carlo in the 1930s

"Bentleys at the Casino"
Art rendering by Alan Fearnley

"Casino Square"
Art rendering by Alan Fearnley

Drawing by Alan Fearnley from The Classic Car Paintings of Alan Fearnley, 2001

"Old Comrades" - Art rendering by Alan Fearnley, 1998

"Barnato and the Blue Train" - Art rendering by Alan Fearnley from The Classic Car Paintings of Alan Fearnley, 1994

Drawing by Alan Fearnley from The Classic Car Paintings of Alan Fearnley

Drawing by Alan Fearnley

"Early Start" - Art rendering by Alan Fearnley, 1993

Drawing by Alan Fearnley

Drawing by Alan Fearnley

"Bentley Speed Six in the Strand" - Art rendering by Alan Fearnley

"Rotten Row - Winter Morning" - Art rendering by Alan Fearnley, 1998

"Sunday Morning" - Art rendering by Alan Fearnley, 1999

"What An Entrance" - Art rendering by Alan Fearnley

Art rendering by
Stuart Barraclough

Art rendering by
Stuart Barraclough

Sir Henry Birkin in his Bentley crossing Conway Square in Newtownards - A painting by Michael Wright, dated 1930.

Clive on the Barnato 8 Litre Bentley at Brooklands in 1932 - A painting by Phil May

Birkins 4½ Litre Streamlined Supercharged Bentley on banking at Brooklands — A painting by D. Sessions, dated 1930

Sir Henry Birkins at French Grand Prix at Pau in 1930 when he took 2nd place in the Hon. Dorothy Paget's stripped 4½ Litre Blower Bentley

The racing driver Birkin initiated a supercharged 4½, developed by Amherst Villiers and sponsored by Dorothy Paget. (Illustration by Richard Corson)

Apotheosis of the Blower Bentley — Birkin's own single-seater, holder of teh outer circuit lap record at Brooklands. (Illustration by Richard Corson)

"Old Number 7" — after running as #7 at Le Mans in 1926, this car was extricated from the White House crash by Benjafield and went on to win in 1927. (Illustration by Richard Corson)

Monte Carlo Challenge 1990. Dawn on the Col de Turini. Tony Moy and Harold Halkyard, 3-litre Bentle, on their award winning run

A painting by Stuart Barraclough

A painting by John Macklin


1930 4½ Litre Bentley — A painting by Don Bethman

A painting by the
French artist Picot

"The Arrival" — A painting by Rod Diggens
 

"Christmas in New Bond Street" —
A painting by Peter Miller

"Vintage Scene", Urchfont Village Pond, Wiltshire — A photograph by Carole Snook

"A Warwickshire Lane in Winter" —
A photograph by Robin Shrimpton

'Gateway to Christmas' — A photograph by J. M. O. Gurney

A Rolfe Judd / Campbell cartoon

Photograph by John Porter
of his 4½ litre

A drawing by P. Campbell / Rolfe Judd

Christmas Morning at Weekley Church — A painting by Mark Pacan

A computer landscape design by Rolfe Judd / P. Campbell

1930 Bentley 4½ Litre
Supercharged Tourer

W. O. Bentley in a 1922 3 Litre race car (Tourist Trophy Race)

1930 4½ Litre Tourer
(World F.I.V.A. Rally)

"Blower" Bentley at
May 25, 1986 RAC Meet

"No. 7 Bentley at LeMans" —
A painting by Barry Bowyer


"Christmas Delivery"
— A painting by Mark Pacan

3 Litre Bentley —
A painting by Gordon Horner

Bentley "Old Mother Gun" at Brooklands in 1931 — print of Brian de Grineau painting

1930s Bentley at LeMans rendering 2006 by Bill Philpot

Bentley 1921

Art rendering by
Lisa Daniels

Art rendering by
Lisa Daniels

What's the Matter Santa, Reindeer on Strike? - A painting by John Castle

Art rendering by Bryan de Grineau of Bentley racing against Mercedes in 1930 LeMans race

Art rendering by S. C. H. Davis of his 1927 Bentley after famous "White House Crash"

1929/30 Speed Six Used in Advertisement

1926 Bentley 3 Litre

Francis C. Clement powers the mighty Bentley to Victory in the 1924 LeMans 24 hour race

1927 Bentley 'Red Label' Sport Coupe — 1926 by J. B. Deneen

1927 Bentley Roadster
— c1960s by Dallasta

Blower Bentley — by
Ryk Heutt in 1987

1929 Bentley Wins at LeMans — P.M. Greenwood print of deGrineau painting.
Numbered 28/258

1929 LeMans — P.M. Greenwood print of deGrineau painting. Numbered 28/258

1929 LeMans — Peter Hearsey's painting of Birkin's Bentley Speed Six chasing a Stutz

Old No. 1 at Brooklands 500-Mile Race, 1931 — (P.M. Greenwood print of deGrineau painting. Numbered 28/258

1929 Super-Charged LeMans Bentley and 1926 3 Litre Bentley by Woutton

Old Number Seven — by Ted Lodigensky in 1968 AQ

Ex-Paget/Birkin Blower Bentley and the Barnato-Gurney Nutting Speed Six — by Ted Lodigensky
in 1968 AQ

The Ex-Forrest Lycett Eight Litre — by Ted Lodigensky
in 1968 AQ

1930 Double-Twelve at Brooklands — by Michael Wright - 1989 "Automobilia" auction poster

The Rolls-Royce/Bentley Experience — 1988 Gilmore Class Car Club Museums Concours — no artist named

1924 Bentley "Thermon Special" - 1990 winner of "Great American Race" — Autographed Christmas 1990

8 Litre Bentley — by Ken Eberts — 1987 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance

1930 Blower Bentley — "Queste" magazine, 1986

1930 LeMans 24-Hour Race art rendering by Geo Ham

"Cartoon showing 3 Litre "Boat-Tail" Bentley. Bentleys were popular during WWII with Air Force, Army and Navy officers (who could afford the gas it took to run them)"

Dick Burdick's 3 Litre in the "Great American Race" — 1987 poster for the event

Dick Burdick's 3 Litre in the "Great American Race" — 1987 poster for the event
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photograph received from Simon Hunt for Chassis No. RL3439
Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Dick Clay for Chassis No. 147
Sep 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651
Sep 28, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Lars Hedborg for his Chassis No. KL3590
Sep 25, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. XV 3207
Sep 24, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. YM 7165
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