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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

Study: A Balloon Site, Coventry (VII) by Dame Laura Knight, watercolour and charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01170

This compositional study representing female balloon operators manoeuvering a barrage balloon is one of several preparatory drawings by Dame Laura Knight for a painting commissioned by the War Office to encourage recruitment of women to RAF Balloon Command - 'A Balloon Site: Coventry' (1942, Imperial War Museums). Months earlier, in 1941, WAAF operators replaced men at RAF Balloon Command.

In this watercolour five women (WAAFs) haul on the lines of a barrage balloon above them; trees in the background, RAF Museum / Study: A Balloon Site, Coventry (VII) by Dame Laura Knight, watercolour and charcoal on paper, 1942

Study: A Balloon Site, Coventry (III) by Dame Laura Knight, graphite on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01175

Dame Laura Knight’s study is part of a body of expressive drawings that explored the barrage balloon. She made these in preparation for a painting commissioned by the War Office to promote the recruitment of female operators for RAF Balloon Command - 'A Balloon Site: Coventry' (1942, Imperial War Museums).

Dame Laura Knight graphite study for painting 'A Balloon Site, Coventry', representing a barrage balloon manned by WAAFs, The artist's estate and Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum / u00a9 The Estate of Dame Laura Knight. All Rights Reserved 2020 / Bridgeman Images

Study: A Balloon Site, Coventry (VI) by Dame Laura Knight, watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01171

This compositional study representing a barrage balloon among trees, with female balloon operators below it, is one of several preparatory drawings by Dame Laura Knight for a painting commissioned by the War Office to encourage recruitment of women to RAF Balloon Command - 'A Balloon Site: Coventry' (1942, Imperial War Museums). In 1941, WAAF operators replaced men at RAF Balloon Command.

Study: A Balloon Site, Coventry (VI) by Dame Laura Knight, watercolour on paper | FA01171

Study: A Balloon Site, Coventry (V) by Dame Laura Knight, charcoal and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01172

This compositional study representing a barrage balloon among trees is one of several preparatory drawings by Dame Laura Knight for a painting commissioned by the War Office to encourage recruitment of women to RAF Balloon Command - 'A Balloon Site: Coventry' (1942, Imperial War Museums).

Watercolour representing a barrage balloon by trees with figures - of WAAF balloon operators - below it., Study: A Balloon Site, Coventry (VI) by Dame Laura Knight, watercolour on paper, 1942

Study: A Balloon Site, Coventry (IV) by Dame Laura Knight, watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01173

This compositional study representing a barrage balloon among trees is one of several preparatory drawings by Dame Laura Knight for a painting commissioned by the War Office to encourage recruitment of women to RAF Balloon Command - 'A Balloon Site: Coventry' (1942, Imperial War Museums). Further studies and the finished painting represent women manoeuvring and tethering a balloon in a landscape just beyond Coventry's city centre.

Watercolour of a barrage balloon, depicted from below with trees in background., Study: A Balloon Site, Coventry (IV) by Dame Laura Knight, watercolour on paper, 1942

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