His illustrations and paintings reflect the excitement and glamour that surrounded the birth and early development of the automotive industry.
Crosby had no formal training as an artist, although he did attend life classes at art school some time after the start of his professional career.
Clayton drew Iliffe's attention to Crosby, who was subsequently commissioned to create a perspective drawing of the BTH magneto.
It was at Autocar, and at Clayton's house, that Crosby met and maintained a lifelong friendship with Sammy Davis and Monty Tombs.
Crosby, as illustrator, and Tombs and sometimes Davis, as writer, were responsible for producing one of Autocar’s humorous stalwarts: "Keeping up appearances".
From 1914 – 1918, Crosby was engaged in the investigation of German military aircraft, including Fighter and Zeppelin engine defaults.
Crosby, working at one of the greatest periods in the history of the car, did an enormous amount to glamorise motoring and motorsport of his time.
His work reflects the ease with which he was able to move between different media, from pen and ink to charcoal, crayons or watercolour, as well as a variety of sizes.
Crosby was commissioned to make several paintings by Vincenzo Florio of the race, and these are still in possession of the Sicilian Automobile Club.
Crosby also produced a set of 30, full colour caricatures of the foremost racers of the day with their cars, and worked on a number of plaques, sculptures and medallions of motoring subjects commissioned as trophies.
A large collection of the works of Frederick Gordon Crosby is displayed at the first floor of the Louwman Museum in The Hague.
The first was when some of his party were killed in a plane crash returning from the French Grand Prix in 1922, and second, and even harder, was the death of his son Peter in 1943.
As one of the few published sources of information about his life, this article borrows heavily from Peter Garnier's book The Art of Gordon Crosby.