Sir Hugh Casson PRA, Military airfield, c.1940-1943.
Pen and ink and watercolour. 259 mm x 390 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Military airfield, c.1940-1943
Sir Hugh Casson PRA (1910 - 1999)
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259 mm x 390 mm
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