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The London Blitz – Whitechapel Bomb Victim by Claude Rowberry, watercolour and charcoal on paper
Fine Art, In Storage, X002-9649
This is one of many works by Claude Rowberry that show the human cost of air raids. He visited bomb sites with his sketchbook and painted this graphic scene after first-hand observation.
Bust of Air Vice Marshal Sir Keith Park by Leslie Johnson, bronze
Fine Art, In Storage, X004-0236
Sir Keith Park was a flying ace in the First World War. During the Battle of Britain, Park commanded No. 11 Group, Fighter Command, defending London and South East England.
Driver on Duty at an Ambulance Station by Elsie Gledstanes, watercolour on paper
Fine Art, In Storage, FA01551
This watercolour is one of many Elsie Gledstanes made as a volunteer for the London Auxiliary Ambulance Service during the Blitz. Later in life she gifted several works to the Imperial War Museum.
Poster for 1933 RAF Display at RAF Hendon
Fine Art, In Storage, FA10671
This poster advertising the 1933 Royal Air Force Display at RAF Hendon shows a Hawker Fury, one of the many RAF aircraft due to appear on the programme.
The London Blitz – Ruined Buildings by Claude Rowberry, watercolour and charcoal on paper
Fine Art, In Storage, X002-9662
This is one of a number of works made by Claude Rowberry in which he represented the devastation caused by enemy bombing raids. Rowberry visited bomb sites with his sketchbook, drawing from first-hand encounters. Although he made many drawings during the London Blitz, he depicted this ruin scene after the war.
Air Raid by Cyril Power, linocut
Fine Art, In Storage, FA00562
Power’s linocut print of a biplane ‘dog fight’ recalls his First World War service in the Royal Flying Corps, when he supervised aircraft repairs at Lympne aerodrome, Kent. He developed the print in four lino-block colour separations of red, light blue, grey and dark blue from a wartime sketch.
St Paul's Cathedral by Eve Kirk, oil on canvas
Fine Art, In Storage, FA01535
This is one of several paintings Eve Kirk made of London’s wartime ruins and of St Paul’s Cathedral when, during the Blitz, she worked as an Air Raid Precautions warden while continuing to practise as a painter. She probably made this painting in 1941 in the aftermath of the 'Second Great Fire of London', when from 29-30 December 1940 the Cathedral and its environs were struck by 28 incendiary bombs.
An Aircraft Woman, Aston Down by William Rothenstein, sanguine chalk on paper
Fine Art, In Storage, FA04390
This is one of over 200 portraits William Rothenstein made of RAF personnel between 1939 and 1941, independently of the Official War Artists’ scheme.
Wellington Bomber Drawn on the Day Hitler Invaded Belgium by Paul Nash, watercolour on paper
Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1761
This watercolour is part of ‘Aerial Creatures’, the second exhibited series of work by Paul Nash on Air Ministry subjects commissioned through the War Artists’ Advisory Committee. The composition is based upon Nash's photograph of a partially covered Wellington bomber which he took when visiting an airfield (Tate Collection).
The Battle of Britain by Paul Nash, lithograph
Fine Art, In Storage, FA01314
This print published by the National Gallery was lithographically produced at the Curwen Press after Paul Nash's major oil painting, 'The Battle of Britain' (1941, Imperial War Museums). This was one of four ambitious, large-scale war pictures Nash painted for the Ministry of Information (MOI) as an Official War Artist.
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