Rolls Royce automobile radiator and mascot

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Rolls Royce radiator and mascot. The Spirit of Ecstasy, also called "Emily", "Silver Lady" or "Flying Lady", was designed by Charles Robinson Sykes and carries with it a story about a secret passion between John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, (second Lord Montagu of Beaulieu after 1905, a pioneer of the automobile movement, and editor of The Car magazine from 1902) and his secret love and the model for the emblem, Eleanor Velasco Thornton.

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Size: 4287px × 2848px
Location: Maidenhead, Berkshire, England
Photo credit: © Alun John / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: flying, lady, radiator, rolls, royce