Design
about 1945 (designed)
| Artist/Maker |
Pencil design for a fighter aeroplane showing front elevation
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and ink on tracing paper |
| Brief description | Design for a fighter plane showing front elevation, ca.1945 by Sir Walter Thomas Monnington |
| Physical description | Pencil design for a fighter aeroplane showing front elevation |
| Dimensions |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | 18 342 (Stamp; left; stamping (marking); ink) |
| Gallery label | This shows the front-elevation of a fighter representing a Spitfire, and is one of two designs we acquired this year, the other being for a bomber. Barnes Wallis, the government scientist and inventor of the 'Dam Buster' bomb, apparently asked Monnington to carry out these drawings when they met at the Vickers Aeroplane works, then situated at the Brooklands race track where Monnington was working on camouflage. |
| Object history | This design is an improvement on the Spitfire fighter plane carried out by Monnington on the wishes of Barnes Wallis. |
| Production | Attribution note: This drawing is an improvement on the Spitfire fighter plane carried out by Monington on the request of Barnes Wallis. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.279-1998 |
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| Record created | June 15, 1999 |
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