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Sewing Worn Parts on Cradle Legs
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
adults
history
home front
hot air balloon
industrial and crafts
military: World War II
people
rope-making
society
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Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
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paper unique charcoal ink
Sewing Worn Parts on Cradle Legs
support: 540 × 660 mm
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
<p><b>N05676</b>	SEWING WORN PARTS ON CRADLE LEGS 1941
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<br/>Inscr. ‘Austin 1941’ b.r.
<br/>Charcoal, pen and ink, 21 1/4×26 (54×66).
<br/>Presented by the War Artists' Advisory Committee 1946.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> <i>National War Pictures</i>, provincial galleries, 1943, National Gallery, 1945, and R.A., October–November 1945 (915).
<br/><i>Repr:</i>	Laura Knight, <i>War Pictures by British Artists: Second Series: Women</i>, 1943, p.42.</p>
<p>Cradle legs are ropes which were used for tethering balloons while on the ground. When they got worn and frayed they needed ‘whipping’ or binding with thin cord or yarn, and since they were permanently attached at the central anchorage, this work had to be done <i>in situ</i> by personnel of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force.</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</p>
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adults history home front hot air balloon industrial and crafts military: World War II people rope-making society transport: air woman Women’s Auxiliary Air Force work and occupations