Quelques as francais (some French ace fighter pilots) Accession Number: ART90512

Description

The cover for a group of images of French ace fighter pilots. There are only two remaining images in this set and it is not known how many were originally made. The two intact ace pilots are Georges Guynemer and Jean Navarre.

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Accession Number
ART90512
Artist
Victor Lucien Descares
Classification
Art
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Medium: hand-coloured woodcut on grey laid paper with Roma watermark
Measurement
folded sheet: 32.7 cm x 23.7 cm
Medium
hand-coloured woodcut on grey laid paper with Roma watermark; edition: 266/650
Date Made
1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Presented 1947
Copyright
External copyright

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