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Night Raid, 1917 by C.R.W. Nevinson, oil on canvas
Fine Art, In Storage, X003-2167
Earlier in the First World War Nevinson volunteered as an ambulance driver for the Friends Ambulance Unit in Dunkirk, after which, upon contracting rheumatic fever, he returned to London, exhibited war-themed drypoint prints and volunteered as an orderly in the Royal Army Medical Corps. In 1917 he became an Official War Artist, initially making propagandist lithographs on the theme of Building Aircraft for the Department of Information's project, 'The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals'. Returning to France in July 1917, he went on to paint some of his most memorable and defining pictures of the war.
Medal Bar of Warrant Officer William Nathan Addison
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1992/0045/D
William Addison was initially a Wireless Operator but volunteered for aircraft duties at the start of the Battle of Britain in 1940. He flew as an air gunner in Bristol Blenheims with No. 23 Squadron.
Bomb, incendiary, aircraft, 4lb., Mk. IV
Library, In Storage, X001-5167
Air Diagram illustrating the principal components of the 4lb incendiary bomb, Mk.IV. Fires started by incendiary bombs were found to be the most effective way of destroying industrial and urban targets. The 4lb incendiary was the smallest but most effective device used by Bomber Command – 80 million were dropped during the war. Air Diagram No. AD.2682
Air Diagram of Thompson sub-machine gun 0.45 in
Library, In Storage, X001-4488
Instructional poster showing cutaway of Thompson 0.45in sub-machine gun.
Banking at 4000 Feet (from The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals - Building Aircraft) by C.R.W. Nevinson, lithograph
Fine Art, In Storage, FA04048
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.
Taube Pursued by Commander Samson by C.R.W. Nevinson, oil on canvas
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00842
In 1915, after volunteering as an ambulance driver in Dunkirk, Nevinson painted this imagined vision of Air Commodore Samson’s command. Samson’s Royal Naval Air Squadron had aggressively patrolled the French city against German reconnaissance.
From a Paris Plane by C.R.W. Nevinson, lithograph
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00564
From a Paris Plane was first exhibited at the Leicester Galleries, London in October 1930 (cat. no. 29) and published as an edition of 25.
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