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Sergeant HD Parker RAF
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
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Parker, H.D. Sergeant
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World War II - non-specific
paper unique pastel
31 May 2011 – 15 May 2012
2012-05-15
31 May 2011 – 15 May 2012
2012-05-15
2011-05-31
Royal Air Force Museum (Hendon, UK)
2011-05-31
The Face of Courage: Eric Kennington, Portraiture and the Second World War
Loan-out
Sergeant H.D. Parker, R.A.F.
support: 784 × 533 mm
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
<p><b>N05704</b> SERGEANT H. D. PARKER, R.A.F. 1941
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<br/>Inscr. ‘EHK 1941’ b.r.
<br/>Pastel, 30 7/8×21 (78·5×53·5).
<br/>Presented by the War Artists' Advisory Committee 1946.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> <i>National War Pictures</i>, National Gallery and Glasgow, 1945, and R.A., October–November 1945 (106).
<br/><i>Repr:</i> E. H. Kennington, <i>Drawing the R.A.F.</i>, 1942, pl.33 (in colour); Eric Newton, <i>War Pictures at the National Gallery</i>, 1942, n.p.</p>
<p>The artist wrote (9 April 1958) that this was one of three sergeants, bomber pilots, drawn after a daylight raid on shipping off Le Havre, 1941. In his Foreword to <i><a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>Drawing</span></a> the R.A.F.</i> Sir Ronald Storrs quotes the artist as saying that he would never have deserted the Army for the R.A.F. if T. E. Lawrence had not done so. Writing to E. M. O'R. Dickey early in October 1941 the artist lists Sergeant Parker as at ‘82 Squadron at Bodney, Norfolk, last May’.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I
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2004-10-08T00:00:00
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adults clothing and personal items coat history individuals: male man military military: World War II named individuals objects Parker, H.D. Sergeant people pilot portraits work and occupations World War II - non-specific