A Perfect Gloucester Picnic by Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
by Gunnar Heinrich ::: img Burt Glinn, Magnum Photos via Slate ::: Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
LONGTIME commenter Jim forwarded us this pic today from Slate.com.
What are we looking at? Some delightful picnic in Gloucestershire, England (think cheese) that was captured way back in 1964. The photographer, Burt Glinn, demonstrates clear, pre-digital talent for capturing the loveliness that is the British countryside.
The silvery sheen of the heroic Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost seems to compliment the foggy landscape perfectly.
If the shot seems just a bit too staged for your taste – the car and the picnickers angled just so – well, too bad.
Thanks, Jim!
July 13, 2010
About the Author: Gunnar Heinrich is publisher of Automobiles De Luxe online and is executive producer of the Automobiles De Luxe Television series on PBS member station CPTV.
John. | Jul 14, 2010 | Reply
Oh yes, it’s like that every day here, you know! Seriously though, it’s a very jolly picture, but a very strange number plate.
Gunnar | Jul 14, 2010 | Reply
Why strange license plate?
John | Jul 14, 2010 | Reply
Well, it just seems odd to see that arrangement of characters and spaces: C C 41. I’d expect it to be CC 41 if anything. And the typeface looks different, somehow.
John | Jul 14, 2010 | Reply
I’ve just found this page on the car: http://www.rick-ford.co.uk/cgi-bin/easysys.pl?prc=dbpage&usr=~GUEST&sig=14&arg0=203
– from the picture, it looks to be the right one, though they have the number plate down as CC 41, which just confuses things further!
John.
Gunnar | Jul 15, 2010 | Reply
Nice sleuthing, John!