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Up in Morning Early RAF Camp 1941
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
adults
architecture
Bridgnorth
camp
England
England, Midlands
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groups
history
landscape
man
military
military
military: World War II
morning
named individuals
people
pilot
places
seasons
Shropshire
snow
Sorrell, Alan
sunrise
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UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
weather
winter
wooded
work and occupations
World War II - non-specific
paper unique graphite gouache
Up in the Morning Early: RAF Camp 1941
support: 349 × 381 mm
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
<p><b>N05730</b> UP IN THE MORNING EARLY: R.A.F. CAMP 1941 1942</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘Alan Sorrell’ 42.' b.r.
<br/>Tempera on paper, 13 3/4×15 (35×38).
<br/>Presented by the War Artist's Advisory Committee 1946.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> <i>National War Pictures</i>, R.A., October–November 1945 (942).</p>
<p>This is a reminiscence of the R.A.F. Camp at Bridgnorth, Shropshire, where the artist was in training for some weeks; the largest figure in the foreground is a self-<a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> (letter from the artist, 7 August 1957).</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, II
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adults architecture Bridgnorth camp England England, Midlands group groups history landscape man military military military: World War II morning named individuals people pilot places seasons Shropshire snow Sorrell, Alan sunrise times of the day UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions weather winter wooded work and occupations World War II - non-specific