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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 (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

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