Sir Henry Segrave Size:L: 80 x 80cm Mr Samuel Plimsoll was pursuing

Mr Samuel Plimsoll was pursuing his fight against the often deliberate overloading and subsequent loss of ships and crews

Bishopsgate with figures

The sitter looks toward the viewer's left and wears a medal and ribbon on his left breast [Herschel was appointed a Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order in 1816] Inscribed: 'Sir William Herschel From an oil painting by Artaud 1819

Elevation and plan for the Royal Observatory

the male posed upon a branch

Sir Henry Segrave Size:L: 80 x 80cm Mr Samuel Plimsoll was pursuingSir Henry Segrave, American born British world speed record driver, 1930. Sir Henry O'Neil de Hane Segrave (1896 1930) was the first person to break the 200 mph barrier when he set a new Land Speed Record driving his 'Golden Arrow' in 1927. As well as holding the record on three separate occasions, Segrave was also a successful racing driver. In 1930 he was killed on Lake Windermere while attempting to break the water speed record..