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Take-off and Landing Field

Albert Richards (1919–1945)

British Council Collection

Take-off and Landing Field

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This work was the last Richards painted as a sapper (a military engineer) that he submitted to the War Artists Advisory Committee in September 1943. He described the painting as depicting 'A cruciform slab of concrete about 1.5 miles in length, which eventually became a take off and landing field for large bombers, an invasion base for a Second Front (Suffolk).' In the Spring of 1943 Richards transferred to 591 (Antrim) Parachute Squadron and started his training in what was known to other initiates as 'Kilkenny's Circus' at Ringway near Manchester.

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Title

Take-off and Landing Field

Date

1943

Medium

oil on cardboard

Measurements

H 62.2 x W 75.5 cm

Accession number

P161

Acquisition method

presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee, 1946

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

brc: Albert Richards 43

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British Council Collection

British Council, 1 Redman Place, London, Greater London E20 1JQ England

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Albert Richards

1919–1945

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