Boeing 707
Painting
1963 (painted)
1963 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
Oil painting of a Boeing 707 airliner in flight through a cloudy sky. The aircraft is shown in the white and blue livery of the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC).
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Boeing 707 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil paint on canvas nailed to wooden support frame |
| Brief description | Oil painting of an BOAC aircraft, Boeing 707, produced in England for Airfix Ltd. between 1960 and 1969 for illustrating boxes and labels |
| Physical description | Oil painting of a Boeing 707 airliner in flight through a cloudy sky. The aircraft is shown in the white and blue livery of the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'B.O.A.C.' (Shown on the side of the aircraft) |
| Credit line | Given by the Palitoy Company |
| Object history | One of a set of oil paintings produced for Airfix and used as the illustrations on their kit boxes and labels. |
| Production | This painting was the basis for the box art for Aifix model kit serial no. SK600, released in 1963. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.466-1997 |
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| Record created | April 18, 2000 |
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