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Firewomen Resting, London Blitz by Enid Dreyfus, writing ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA02106

This sketch depicts firewomen in the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) resting at their quarters, unable to return home due to air raids. Their duties included transportation, administration and operating switchboards.

Enid Dreyfus (nee Abrahams) ink drawing of firewomen sleeping after a shift, 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

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.

Colour lithograph after original painting representing a dramatic pattern of contrails in blue sky - white contrails and formations of RAF aircraft representing Fighter Command's defence of Britain and smokey contrails the defeat of the enemy over the English Channel, Crown copyright: expired. / RAF Museum

Destruction at Holborn Viaduct - City Temple and St. Andrew's, Holborn by Gladys Baker, oil on canvas board

Fine Art, In Storage, X002-9642

This ruin scene by the landscape painter Gladys Baker represents bomb damage to City Temple and St Andrew Holborn church during the London Blitz of 1941.

Oil scene of a destroyed bridge structure over a road, behind which stand elegant edifices and towers, 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

Study: In for Repairs by Dame Laura Knight, graphite and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01174

This watercolour study by Dame Laura Knight is a preparatory drawing for the painting 'In for Repairs' (1942, Harris Museum and Library) that shows Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) operators repairing a damaged barrage balloon at RAF Wythall in Birmingham.

Dame Laura Knight study for In for Repairs - WAAFs repairing a barrage balloon, The artist's estate and Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum / u00a9 The Estate of Dame Laura Knight. All Rights Reserved 2020 / Bridgeman Images

Plane Graveyard by John Armstrong, tempera on board

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00005

In the Second World War, painter John Armstrong was commissioned to represent scenes of ‘Debris and Demolition’. Besides painting bombed houses, from 1941–1942 he turned to depicting crashed German aircraft.

John Armstrong tempera painting of an aircraft dump, The Estate of John Armstrong. All Rights Reserved 2020 / Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

Halifax Attack by Paul Nash, watercolour and chalk on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA02819

This is one of a number of watercolours Paul Nash produced when commissioned through the War Artists’ Advisory Committee as the Air Ministry’s Official War Artist from March to December 1940.

Halifax Attack by Paul Nash, watercolour and chalk on paper, Artist copyright expired / RAF Museum / u00a9 RAF Museum

Spitfires on a Camouflaged Runway by Eric Ravilious, watercolour on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1791

After his first assignment with the Admiralty, from February 1942 Official War Artist Eric Ravilious worked on Air Ministry subjects.

Spitfires on a Camouflaged Runway by Eric Ravilious, watercolour on paper, Crown copyright: expired RAF Museum / RAF Museum

The Battle of Egypt: Advanced Dressing Station Interior by Anthony Gross, graphite and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1912

Anthony Gross made over 30 watercolours of the First Battle of El Alamein in July 1942 when, as an Official War Artist, he was commissioned to record the Middle East theatre of war.

The Battle of Egypt: Advanced Dressing Station Interior by Anthony Gross, graphite and watercolour on paper, © RAF Museum / Crown Copyright (expired)

Composition: Balloon Abstract by John Armstrong, tempera on board

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00004

Purchased from the Parkin Gallery, 1978.

Composition: Balloon Abstract by John Armstrong, tempera on wood, circa 1942 - sphere delineated by red contours, surrounded by three elipses with red shadows and a receding structure on left., The artist's estate / Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

Icarus by John Armstrong, oil on canvas

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00262

This is one of many semi-abstract works on the Greek mythological theme of Icarus which British Surrealist John Armstrong made between 1939 and 1968, spanning the Second World War to the Cold War.

Icarus by John Armstrong, 1968, oil on canvas. Semi-abstract Icarus figure: orb 'globe head' on a pole 'torso' enveloped by a cloak of grey wings with a haloed pale yellow shadow above, on a brown mound with deeper yellow background, The artist's estate / Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum