The car is possibly a De Dion-Bouton, registration AA1936. A poster in the background announces a talk on the Pyrenees to be given at the Guildhall on Monday 27th February, which would date the picture to 1905 or 1911. It is perhaps possible to make out the name of Hilaire Belloc on the poster, as speaker, though it is by no means clear. That attribution would support the 1911 date, as Belloc published a book on the Pyrenees in 1909. The car might also suggest the latter date.
This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-12 Red Box Project.
This is part of the Series: RBO01/17 Early Photographic Print Collection: Hampshire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Medieval Town Gate, Road Transport