Title from caption on object: “For London’s Balloon Barrage”
May 1938
Artist, British, 1907 - 1981
Publisher
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print with applied color
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 26.5 × 16.5 cm (10 7/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
sheet: 28.5 × 17.8 cm (11 1/4 × 7 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.311
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
retouching across recto in white and gray paint; on verso, upper center printed in black ink underlined in red crayon: AVIATION-BALLOONS-ENGLAND; upper center International News Photos copyright stamp in black ink; center printed in purple ink on applied paper: KY844596..WATCH YOUR CREDIT..INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTO / SLUG (BALLOONS) / FOR LONDON'S BALLOON BARRAGE / CARDINGTON, ENG......HERE IS A VIEW OF ONE OF THE / GROUNDS OF CAPTIVE BALLOONS THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE / DEFENSE OF LONDON AGAINST AIR RAIDERS, SHOWN DURING / DEMONSTRATION AT CARDINGTON BALLOON BARRAGE SCHOOL, / WHERE MEN WHO WILL MAN THE BARRAGE UNITS WILL RECEIVE / THE NECESSARY TRAINING. EACH SQUADRON WILL HAVE 40 TO / 50 OF THESE BALLOONS WHICH ARE INFLATED AT THE FIRST / WARNING THAT AIR RAIDERS ARE ON THE WAY. ABOUT 500 / BALLOONS WILL BE USED IN THE DEFENSE OF LONDON. / W.5-16-38-3.00