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OBJECT TYPE: lithograph/artist's proof/framed
DATE: 1994
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0623.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Sugar's Blues
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: 11/25 AP
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper print; glass; aluminum frame; steel connectors & hanging hardware; unidentified backing

Dimensions

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

Length: 61.5 cm
Width: 49.5 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: 2.2 kg
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Whitcomb
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: display; commemoration of RCAF 428 "Ghost" Squadron, Avro Lancaster heavy bomber & role in bombing campaign over Germany late in WWII, and Rolls Royce Merlin engine
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: hand painted on canvas at lower right: "RL WHITCOMB '94 (C)"; lettering hand written on border below image reads: "11/25 ARTIST'S PROOF [SIGNATURE] R.L. Whitcomb"; lettering on crest reads: "428/ SQUADRON/428 ROYAL CANADIAN/AIR FORCE/USQUE AD FINEM"; lettering centrally located on border below image reads: "SUGAR'S BLUES/428 Ghost Squadron RCAF/Lancaster over germany 1945"; lettering below illustration of engine reads: "Rolls Royce Merlin"
Missing: N/A
Finish: colour picture predom. dark blue-black; black border with white text & images; silver frame
Decoration: image of nose section of Avro Lancaster bomber against search lights in night sky; includes "glamour girl" nose art; RCAF 428 "Ghost" Squadron crest & illustration of Rolls Royce engine on border below picture

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Unknown Manufacturer, Print, 1994, Artifact no. 1994.0623, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1994.0623.001/

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