Navarre
Art ART90511 First World War, 1914-1918Portrait of French ace fighter pilot Jean Navarre in full flying uniform. Navarre was the first French ace pilot. On February 25 1916 he became the first French pilot to shoot down two enemy aircraft
Guynemer Accession Number: ART90510
Description
Stylised portrait of Guynemer, France's most beloved ace fighter pilot of the First World War. The figure dominates the picture plane, out off proportion to the aircraft and surrounding landscape. Guynemer was hailed as the French 'Ace of Aces'; he was one of the pilots to receive a SPAD VII, calling his aircraft Vieux Charles. Revered by the French as the veteran of over 600 combats, twice wounded and awarded 26 citations, Guynemer was the recipient of the highest honours for gallantry that France could bestow, including the Médaille Militaire (Military Medal). He was killed in action on 11 September 1917, aged 23 years.
Details
Accession Number
ART90510
Artist
Victor Lucien Descares
Classification
Art
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Medium: hand-coloured woodcut on paper
Measurement
sheet: 32.7 cm x 23.3 cm
Medium
hand-coloured woodcut on paper
Date Made
1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Presented 1947
Copyright
Copyright unknown
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