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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

Wellington Bomber Drawn on the Day Hitler Invaded Belgium by Paul Nash, watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1761

This watercolour is part of ‘Aerial Creatures’, the second exhibited series of work by Paul Nash on Air Ministry subjects commissioned through the War Artists’ Advisory Committee. The composition is based upon Nash's photograph of a partially covered Wellington bomber which he took when visiting an airfield (Tate Collection).

Watercolour drawing of a Wellington bomber on an airfield, port front view, with its nose covered. Hills in the landscape's background., Crown copyright: expired / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Mural Study of the Camouflage Workshop, Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment (III) by Anne Newland, graphite and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01376

During the Second World War mural painter Anne Newland worked for the Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment in the Midlands. Its aim was to conceal major British buildings from enemy sight, preventing their destruction from air raids.

Anne Newland watercolour study for a proposed mural of the camouflage workshop, Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment, Consult Collection Curator before use. / RAF Museum

Mural Study of the Camouflage Workshop, Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment (I) by Anne Newland, graphite and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01380

During the Second World War mural painter Anne Newland worked for the Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment in the Midlands. Its aim was to conceal major British buildings from enemy sight, preventing their destruction from air raids.

Anne Newland watercolour study for a proposed mural of the camouflage workshop, Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment, The artist's estate / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Entering the Ballonet by Robert Austin, charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1874

This drawing of women testing a balloon for leakage is one of several large-scale exhibition drawings by Robert Austin, commissioned through the War Artists’ Advisory Committee with RAF Balloon Command.

Robert Austin drawing of WAAFs in Balloon Command with a barrage balloon, one of whom enters the ballonet, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Studies of a Land Girl in a Gun Pit Overlooking an Aerodrome by Denis Barnham, ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01015

Inscribed: '3/6/44 Studies of a Landgirl in a gun pit overlooking an aerodrome. Redhill 44.'

Studies of a Land Girl in a Gun Pit Overlooking an Aerodrome: seated female figure on the right looks back at the viewer. Three female figures to her left, two seated and one standing, look towards the aerodrome on the horizon behind, The artist's estate / RAF Museum

Coastal Defences I by Michael Ayrton, gouache on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01854

Michael Ayrton depicted this scene in January 1941, as one of a series of 'Coastal Defences' paintings. Aged 20 and at the beginning of his artistic career, he had yet to establish a reputation for himself and was not on the War Artists’ Advisory Committee’s (WAAC) list of names for consideration as an Official War Artist. In the hope of securing a commission, he speculatively showed his series to the Committee's Chair, Kenneth Clark, at the National Gallery, but was unsuccessful.

Gouache painting depicting barbed wire fence, oil drums with wood and corrugated metal beside a path., The artist's estate

Bristol Aeroplane Company, Corsham by Olga Lehmann, oil on canvas

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01375

A versatile painter, illustrator and designer, Olga Lehmann was one of few wartime artists who received steady commissions outside of the Official War Artists’ scheme.

Bristol Aeroplane Company, Corsham by Olga Lehmann, oil on canvas, 1943, The artist's estate / RAF Museum / u00a9 Estate of Olga Lehman

Assembling Parts (from The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals - Building Aircraft) by C.R.W. Nevinson, lithograph

Fine Art, In Storage, FA04045

Nevinson made this print in 1917 as part of an ambitious multi-artist lithographic project known as 'The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals' - a propagandist publishing scheme commissioned by the government’s Department of Information. For the 'Efforts' side of the series, nine artists each made six prints on assigned themes. Nevinson's theme was Building Aircraft, while others included Making Soldiers, Making Sailors (curiously there was no ‘Making Airmen’), Making Guns, and Building Ships. The aim of the series was to persuade people to contribute to the war effort, as serving personnel in the Armed Forces, factory workers or fabricators.

Assembling Parts by C.R.W. Nevinson, lithograph, 1917. Black and white, semi-abstract image of male and female factory workers in overalls assembling a First World War biplane., RAF Museum

Night fighter pilot - Wing Commander Max Aitken

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1953

Recording in which Wing Commander Max Aitken comments on various aspects of night-fighter operations.

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