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  • The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals: Building Aircrafts. In the Air. Nevinson, Christopher Richard Wynne (British, 1889-1946). Ministry of Information. A view from the air, the artist sitting in a bi-plane, the cockpit and right portion of the wings cutting across the image, the whir of the propeller represented by a series of concentric scrapings of the ink to expose the stone (white on black) and a patchwork of fields and roads spread out below.. Contained along with 6 lithographs inside a large portfolio (approx. 20"x27") of brown paper. A sheet with a central, red-printed rectangular box containing the stamp of the Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (George V) as used by HM Government followed by the title, 'THE GREAT WAR: / BRITAIN'S EFFORTS / AND IDEALS / shown in a series of lithographic prints' / "BUILDING AIRCRAFT" / Six subjects by / C.R.W. NEVINSON / 37. "Making the Engine" ... 42. "Swooping down on a Taube". The capital 'A' printed at lower left is the insignia of the printers of the series, The Avenue Press. This is also seen on the label affixed to the mounts. The central box of the title page is pasted onto the front flap of the portfolio. Lithography, 1917.
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