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The London Blitz – Interior of an Air Raid Shelter by Claude Rowberry, gouache and charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, X002-9647

This drawing represents a large group of people in a communal shelter, taking refuge during an air raid. It is one of many subjects depicted by Lieutenant Colonel Claude Rowberry in the Second World War.

Claude Rowberry charcoal and watercolour drawing of figures huddled in a shelter during the London Blitz, Every effort has been made to identify the owner of copyright in this work. If you are the current owner or their agent, please contact us at askcollections@rafmuseum.org © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

An Officer from Fiji, 297: Pilot Officer E.L.P. Bradnam by Edith Honor Earl, chalk on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00921

Edith Honor Earl made this portrait for her exhibition 'Warriors of the Empire' with the Royal Empire Society, which opened in London's Grosvenor House in December 1944. It is one of 22 portraits by her in the RAF Museum collection (besides others elsewhere) which celebrate the contributions of Service personnel from the British colonies and Commonwealth in the Second World War.

Bust length chalk portrait drawing of a male Officer wearing no.1 dress uniform and cap. A drawing in the bottom left corner of a Fijian ceremonial tabua., RAF Museum

Whitley Bomber: Dawn Return by C.R.W. Nevinson, oil on canvas

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00779

Christopher Nevinson’s painting represents a Whitley bomber coming in to land, returning from a night raid over Germany during the Battle of Britain.

CRW Nevinson oil painting of Whitley bombers returning at dawn after a night raid, RAF Museum

It Happened to Us! by Carel Weight, oil on canvas

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00793

After writing to the War Artists’ Advisory Committee (WAAC) in December 1939, asking to become an Official War Artist, Carel Weight received a commission to represent ‘bombing in a suburban district with people still going about their daily affairs’.

Carel Weight painting of Wimbledon trolley bus pursued by a Luftwaffe fighter and bomber aircraft, The Estate of Carel Weight. All Rights Reserved 2020 / Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

Photo Op by kennardphillipps, photomontage: digital inkjet print on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, X008-9481

This photomontage by Peter Kennard and Cat Phillipps - collectively known as kennardphillipps - is a satirical reflection on former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s decision for Britain to invade Iraq with the United States and an example of protest art made in opposition to the Iraq War (2003-11).

kennardphillipps 2006 photomontage inkjet print representing former prime minister Tony Blair taking a 'selfie' photograph with his phone in front of burning oil fields in Iraq., RAF Museum