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OBJECT TYPE: colour/framed
DATE: 1934
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.0889.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: de Havilland Comet "Grosvenor House"
LOCATION: United Kingdom

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PAPER/ METAL FRAME & HARDWARE/ GLASS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 54.4 cm
Width: 53.3 cm
Height: 2.3 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Commemorative
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Wilkinson
Country: United Kingdom
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1934+
Canada: Unknown
Function: ARTWORK INTENDED TO COMMEMORATE ACHIEVEMENT IN EARLY AVIATION HISTORY, WINNING OF MACROBERTSON AIR RACE FROM ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA IN 1934.
Technical: COMMEMORATES MACROBERTSON AIR RACE FROM ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA IN OCTOBER 1934. WINNER OF 10,000 POUND PRIZE WAS DE HAVILLAND'S DH88 COMET "GROSVENOR HOUSE", PILOTED BY C.W.A. SCOTT & T.C. BLACK. IT MADE 11,300 MILE TRIP IN JUST UNDER 71 HOURS & WAS ONE OF THREE COMETS ENTERED IN RACE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: SIGNED "NORMAN WILKINSON/ 1934"/ BLACK LETTERING ON SURROUND READS IN SCRIPT "Owner: A.P. Edwards", "By Norman Wilkinson R.I." & "The de Havilland Comet "Grosvenor House"/ built by The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited and powered by two Gypsy-Six Engines./ Winning the England-Australia Air Race October 1934./ 11,300 miles in seventy hours fifty-four minutes./ Pilots Charles W.A. Scott and T. CampbellBlack."
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: GOLD COLOURED FRAME/ WHITE MAT
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Print, 1934, Artifact no. 1966.0889, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0889.001/

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