Graphite and watercolour on paper
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Tiger Moth
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
aircraft, military
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England
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Hertfordshire
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World War II - non-specific
paper unique graphite watercolour
23 October 2003 – 25 January 2004
2004-01-25
23 October 2003 – 25 January 2004
2004-01-25
2003-10-23
Imperial War Museum (London, UK)
http://www.iwm.org.uk/
2003-10-23
Eric Ravilious: Imagined Realities
Loan-out
15 June 2005 – 4 September 2005
2005-09-04
15 June 2005 – 4 September 2005
2005-09-04
2005-06-15
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2005-06-15
A Picture of Britain
Exhibition
1 April 2015 – 31 August 2015
2015-08-31
1 April 2015 – 31 August 2015
2015-08-31
2015-04-01
Dulwich Picture Gallery (London, UK)
2015-04-01
Eric Ravilious
Loan-out
26 May 2017 – 9 June 2018
2018-06-09
26 May 2017 – 17 September 2017
2017-09-17
2017-05-26
Towner (Eastbourne, UK)
http://www.townereastbourne.org.uk/
7 October 2017 – 7 January 2018
2018-01-07
2017-10-07
Millennium Gallery (Sheffield, UK)
http://www.sheffieldgalleries.org.uk
17 March 2018 – 9 June 2018
2018-06-09
2018-03-17
Compton Verney (Compton Verney, UK)
2017-05-26
Eric Ravilious & Co: The Pattern of Friendship, English Artist Designers 1922-42
Loan-out
Tiger Moth
support: 457 × 559 mm
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
<p><b>N05725</b> TIGER MOTH 1942</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘Eric Ravilious’ t.r.
<br/>Watercolour, 18×22 (46×56).
<br/>Presented by the War Artists' Advisory Committee 1946.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> <i>National War Pictures</i>, R.A., October–November 1945 (621); Eastbourne and Brighton, 1948 (40); Sheffield, 1958 (12).</p>
<p>This was painted in the summer of 1942 when the artist was attached to an R.A.F. station at Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire. Other pictures belonging to this period are 'View from the ‘Cockpit of a Moth’ Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, ‘View over the Starboard Wing of a Moth’, Air Ministry, and ‘Elementary Flying Training’, Imperial War Museum.</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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2004-07-22T00:00:00
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aircraft, military airfield architecture England England, East England, Southern Hertfordshire history military military: World War II places Sawbridgeworth society transport: air UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions World War II - non-specific