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OBJECT TYPE: study/framed
DATE: 1966
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2006.0017.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Leigh Capreol's Historic Flight
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: gouache on card stock; protective paper cover

Dimensions

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Length: 37.6 cm
Width: 29.8 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Bradford
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: before 1966/ the Artist was employed with De Havilland Canada at the time the drawing was produced
Canada: the Moth being flown in the picture, the "Sir Charles Wakefield", was the first to be assembled and tested in the shop depicted below, De Havilland Canada's first building. The pilot, RCAF flying instructor Flight Lieutenant Erskine Leigh Capreol, was De Havilland Canada's first test pilot
Function: study for painting ?
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering on canvas at lower right reads: "RW BRADFORD"
Missing: N/A
Finish: b + w drawing
Decoration: image depicts Leigh Capreol's historic flight over De Havilland Canada's first building in a De Havilland Canada Moth biplane

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Unknown Manufacturer, Drawing, before 1966, Artifact no. 2006.0017, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2006.0017.001/

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