C.R.W. Nevinson - Swooping Down on a Hostile Plane, 1917 - Art.IWMART517

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C.R.W. Nevinson - Swooping Down on a Hostile Plane, 1917 - Art.IWMART517

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The painting is mentioned in correspondence in September 1917 as being re-worked prior to its presentation to the Imperial War Museum: it may possibly have been the painting 'Taube Pursued by Commander Samson' shown in March 1915.
image: A view of aerial combat with a British Sopwith Camel attacking a German Taube, which is just visible towards the bottom of the composition.

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1917
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Imperial War Museums
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