EARLY EVENING PATROL - Commemorative WW1 Piece by Robert Taylor
Only FIFTEEN prints are available worldwide - each mounted to include the original autographs of First World War aviators.
Throughout his long career Robert always possessed a soft spot for the aircraft of World War I; an original wooden propeller, complete with embedded shrapnel, even graced his studio wall. The complexities of their wings, struts and wires, the canvas skins stretched over intricate wooden frames a constant source of inspiration which he said were ‘a joy to paint’, and the fast, nimble Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a, arguably not only one of the fastest but perhaps the finest fighter of World War I, was amongst his favourites.
In a fitting tribute to all the brave airmen to take part in the Great War, Robert depicts the SE5a to perfection. Central to his piece is Captain James McCudden leading the aircraft of ‘B’ Flight, 56 Squadron RFC away from the airfield at Estrée Blanche in north-eastern France, on an early evening patrol in September 1917.
Adding great historical authenticity, prints are mounted to full conservation standards to include an ORIGINAL fragment of WWI aircraft madapolam fabric skin and RARE original autographs of the very men who helped shape aerial combat as we know it. Authentic signatures of First World War airmen are hard to come by, and they have taken a number of years to source, their scarcity accounting for the very limited number available in the edition.
Only FIFTEEN prints are available worldwide!
