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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).

Dame Laura Knight watercolour and graphite study for 'A Balloon Site: Coventry' painting, of WAAFs operating a barrage balloon, The artist's estate and Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum / The Estate of Dame Laura Knight / Bridgeman Images

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).

Dame Laura Knight graphite study for painting 'A Balloon Site, Coventry', representing a barrage balloon manned by WAAFs, The artist's estate and Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum / u00a9 The Estate of Dame Laura Knight. All Rights Reserved 2020 / Bridgeman Images

Night Vigil by Anthony Gross, watercolour and ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00814

This scene represents a member of the Observer Corps keeping watch from a sandbag look-out post, while barrage balloons are positioned to divert enemy aircraft away from air raid targets.

Night Vigil by Anthony Gross, watercolour and ink on paper, © The Estate of Anthony Gross. All Rights Reserved 2020 / Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

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

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).

Watercolour representing a barrage balloon by trees with figures - of WAAF balloon operators - below it., Study: A Balloon Site, Coventry (VI) by Dame Laura Knight, watercolour on paper, 1942

Study: A Balloon Site, Coventry (I) by Dame Laura Knight, graphite on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA04558

This small compositional study of four WAAFs holding the rope of 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.

Graphite drawing of four WAAF barrage balloon operators pulling the line to tether the balloon, RAF Museum