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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.
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.
Study: A Balloon Site, Coventry (VIII) by Dame Laura Knight, graphite and watercolour on paper
Fine Art, In Storage, FA01169
This compositional study 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).
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).
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 (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).
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.
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