Sir Thomas Monnington: Study of Flight trajectories and clouds, c. 1943 - on Art WW I

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Sir Thomas Monnington:
Study of Flight trajectories and clouds, c. 1943

Framed (ref: 6530)
Squared
Pencil on paper
4 1/4 x 5 in. (10.8 x 12.7 cm)

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Provenance: The Artist's Studio


John Monnington, the artist's son, has described the sketches made by his father whilst in flight, views from the cockpit, as 'the equivalent of taking a photograph with a pencil'

 

This study, squared for enlargement,  may record an early compositional idee for Fighter Affiliation: Halifax and Hurricane;




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