Louis Renault Size:Standard: 6 x 4in showing two women peering at

showing two women peering at each other with contempt

Views from Hampstead Heath

The monument was the work of Thomas Banks

The Seine at Argenteuil

a boy leads a laden donkey

Louis Renault Size:Standard: 6 x 4in showing two women peering atLouis Renault, 1908. Louis Renault invented the direct drive gearbox in 1898, and designed a two seater car, the Voiturette. His older brothers Marcel and Fernand joined him in setting up Renault Freres in 1899, which went on to become one of the major players in the car industry. Marcel died in the Paris Madrid motor race in 1903, and Fernand died 6 years later, leaving Louis to run the company alone.