Imperial Flying Boat

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Artist/Maker	Ben Johnson & Co. Ltd (printer) Unknown
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

A colour advertisement for the Imperial Flying Boat depicting an image of the aircraft flying above a coastline. The plane is illustrated in cross section so that activities that occur within are shown for example the flight crew can be seen inside a cabin at the front and a chef is seen preparing food in a kitchen. Many of the technical aspects, locations and crew members of the aircraft are labelled with arrows.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Transport Entertainment & Leisure Tourism & Travel
Object type	Print
Title	Imperial Flying Boat (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Colour halftone print on paper that has been pasted onto a card support Paper Card Support Halftone Printing
Brief description	Print, pictorial advertisements for Imperial Airways, colour halftone on paper pasted onto support card, Great Britain, probably 1939
Physical description	A colour advertisement for the Imperial Flying Boat depicting an image of the aircraft flying above a coastline. The plane is illustrated in cross section so that activities that occur within are shown for example the flight crew can be seen inside a cabin at the front and a chef is seen preparing food in a kitchen. Many of the technical aspects, locations and crew members of the aircraft are labelled with arrows.
Dimensions	Height: 20.5cm (Note: irregularly trimmed to) Width: 34.1cm (Note: irregularly trimmed to) Height: 4.2cm (Note: caption on a separate sheet) Width: 21cm (Note: caption on a separate sheet) Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Subjects depicted	Air Travel Aircraft Cross Section Flying Boat Coastline Chef Pilots
Association	Imperial Airways
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.207-1991

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Record created	March 2, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O193654/imperial-flying-boat-print-unknown/

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