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| 843 |
| Dropping Bombs Over German Country |
| FES Title: | Dropping bombs over German country – far back of French lines. | |
| Alternate Titles: | Bombing (1994; 2008) | |
| Date: | 03/06/1918 | |
| Size: | 36″H x 27.25″W | |
| Medium: |  |
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| Type: | illustration | |
| Published: | “Our War Eagles.” Red Cross Magazine, July 1918: 18. caption: “Bombing” The aviator takes a map of the country which looks like the earth in this picture, and on which the spot to be bombed is marked. He can hit within a hundred yards of the object Barron, Elwyn A. Deeds of Heroism and Bravery. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1920: cover. Lescaboura, Austin C. and J. M. Bird, eds. Harper’s Pictorial Library of the World Wars, Vol VIII. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1920: frontispiece. Ianni, Francis A. World War One Remembered. Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Commission, 1993: 64. |
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| Inscription: | um: F.E. Schoonover / ’18 | |
| Annotations: | en verso in black paint: 843 / Painted by- / Frank E. Schoonover / March 1918. en verso on original label on upper stretcher: Aviation series for Red Cross L.I / No. 843 / Dropping Bomes |
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| Exhibitions: | 2008 DAM | |
| Comments: | NT 4×5 [4]; index; edit
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| Provenance: | Sold by artist to Leonard L. Beans, Jr. (July 23, 1959); Sotheby’s, New York ( March 17, 1994); Thomas Brown, Naples, Florida [1994]; private collection [2008] | |
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