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Moonlight Voyage, Hampden flying above the clouds

Print
1940 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour print depicting a a Hampden bomber plane flying above the clouds with the moon in the distance. With title, details of publication, etc. in letterpress on the back.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleMoonlight Voyage, Hampden flying above the clouds (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
'Moonlight Voyage, Hampden flying above the clouds'. Print by Paul Nash, colour lithograph, 1940.
Physical description
Colour print depicting a a Hampden bomber plane flying above the clouds with the moon in the distance. With title, details of publication, etc. in letterpress on the back.
Dimensions
  • Height: 40.6cm
  • Width: 54.6cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Paul Nash' (Signed)
  • (With title, details of publication, etc. in letterpress on the back)
Credit line
Given by Mrs. Margaret Nash, widow of the artist
Object history
A water-colour of the same subject, dated 1940, is in the possession of the Air Ministry.

This print went on loan to Pallant House in 1989 for a centenary exhibition of Nash.
Association
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961 London: HMSO, 1964
Collection
Accession number
E.4806-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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