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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.

The Battle of Britain by Paul Nash, lithograph, 1941, published by the National Gallery, Crown copyright: expired.

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 gouache on paper, Artist copyright expired / RAF Museum

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

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA01379

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

Lacing the Valise of a New Balloon by Robert Austin, charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1877

In this drawing, Robert Austin illustrates women placing a new barrage balloon into a bag for safe storage. It is one of several large-scale exhibition drawings he was commissioned to produce for the War Artists' Advisory Committee (WAAC). with RAF Balloon Command.

Charcoal study of a group of women in overalls, labouring together to lace up a large fabric bag, © RAF Museum

Pilot Officer A C Cochrane 'J P' C by Cuthbert Orde, charcoal and chalk on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA03298

This portrait is one of many that the Air Ministry commissioned from Cuthbert Orde, independently of the War Artists' Advisory Committee, to promote the contributions of Fighter Command pilots during the Battle of Britain.

Pilot Officer A C Cochrane 'J P' C by Cuthbert Orde, charcoal and chalk on paper, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Baghdad and the River Tigris from 10000 ft Looking North Towards Khadimain by Richard Carline, oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00893

Richard and his elder brother Sydney became Official War Artists of RAF subjects in 1918 after serving as a wireless operator and a fighter pilot respectively – Richard in France and Sydney in Italy.

Richard Carline aerial view painting of Baghdad and the River Tigris, © The Estate of Richard Carline / Bridgeman Images. / 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

Plane Graveyard by John Armstrong, tempera on canvas

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

Oxford Circus: Peter Robinson by Anthony Gross, watercolour and ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00813

This drawing was made in September 1940, at the height of the London Blitz, when the Peter Robinson department store in Oxford Street suffered bomb damage.

Anthony Gross watercolour and ink drawing of the Peter Robinson department store during the Blitz, September 1940, © Anthony Gross, RA, CBE / RAF Museum

Steel Ladle by Graham Sutherland, gouache, ink, graphite and collaged paper on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, X008-9485

Graham Sutherland was employed as a full-time Official War Artist, placed with the Ministry of Home Security to depict scenes of bomb damage, and then with the Ministry of Supply, to represent industrial production.

Molten steel being poured into a ladle from a furnace., The artist's estate / RAF Museum.

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