British Air Transport / 7 studies by William Kempster ARCA, 1969
1969
Paintings. British Air Transport / 7 studies by William Kempster ARCA, 1969. Tempera on board; 86x33cm and smaller. Working ideas for parts of a mural commissioned by the British Airports Authority for Terminal 1 of Heathrow Airport and unveiled 17 April 1969, on the theme: British air transport - the pioneering days 1919-1934, commemorating pioneers planes and early years of commercial passenger transport at Hounslow Heath in 1919 and continued at Croydon from 1920 until 1939. Accompanied by Key diagram explaining mural contents and accounts of the opening (see note)
British air transport, one of 7 studies, showing three aircraft
1969
Painting, British Air Transport, one of 7 studies, showing a de Havilland D.H. 34, Armstrong Whitworth 131 Agosy, 'City of Glasgow' and Handley Page H.P.42/45 'Horatius', by William Kempster ARCA, London, England, 1969. Part of a working idea for a part of a mural commissioned by the British Airports Authority for Terminal 1 of Heathrow Airport and unveiled 17 April 1969, on the theme: British air transport - the pioneering days 1919-1934, commemorating pioneers planes and early years of commercial passenger transport at Hounslow Heath in 1919 and continued at Croydon from 1920 until 1939.
British air transport, one of 7 studies, showing a de Havilland D.H. 34 aircraft
1969
Painting, British Air Transport, one of 7 studies, showing a de Havilland D.H. 34 single-engine British transport aeroplane, by William Kempster ARCA, London, England, 1969. Part of a working idea for a part of a mural commissioned by the British Airports Authority for Terminal 1 of Heathrow Airport and unveiled 17 April 1969, on the theme: British air transport - the pioneering days 1919-1934, commemorating pioneers planes and early years of commercial passenger transport at Hounslow Heath in 1919 and continued at Croydon from 1920 until 1939.
Key diagram for 'British Air Transport' mural
1969
Key diagram explaining contents and accounts of the 'British Air Transport' mural, which was painted by William Kempster ARCA, London, England, 1969 and unveiled by H.M. The Queen in Heathrow Airport Terminal 1, on 17 April 1969. The mural was commissioned by the British Airports Authority for Terminal 1 Heathrow Airport on the theme: British air transport - the pioneering days 1919-1934, commemorating pioneers planes and early years of commercial passenger transport at Hounslow Heath in 1919 and continued at Croydon from 1920 until 1939.
British air transport, one of 7 studies, showing three aircraft
1969
Painting, British Air Transport, one of 7 studies, showing a de Havilland D.H. 34, Armstrong Whitworth 131 Agosy, 'City of Glasgow' and Handley Page H.P.42/45 'Heracles', by William Kempster ARCA, London, England, 1969. Part of a working idea for a part of a mural commissioned by the British Airports Authority for Terminal 1 of Heathrow Airport and unveiled 17 April 1969, on the theme: British air transport - the pioneering days 1919-1934, commemorating pioneers planes and early years of commercial passenger transport at Hounslow Heath in 1919 and continued at Croydon from 1920 until 1939.
British air transport, one of 7 studies, showing two Handley Page 0/400s and the Vickers Vimy 'City of London'
1969
Painting, British Air Transport, one of 7 studies, showing two Handley Page 0/400 converted bombers and the Vickers Vimy 'City of London', by William Kempster ARCA, London, England, 1969. Part of a working idea for a part of a mural commissioned by the British Airports Authority for Terminal 1 of Heathrow Airport and unveiled 17 April 1969, on the theme: British air transport - the pioneering days 1919-1934, commemorating pioneers planes and early years of commercial passenger transport at Hounslow Heath in 1919 and continued at Croydon from 1920 until 1939.
British air transport, one of 7 studies, showing an Airco D.H.4A and a prototype Airco D.H.16
1969
Painting, British Air Transport, one of 7 studies, showing a de Havilland Airco D.H.4A and a prototype de Havilland Airco D.H.16 both of Aircraft Transport and Travel Ltd, by William Kempster ARCA, London, England, 1969. Part of a working idea for a part of a mural commissioned by the British Airports Authority for Terminal 1 of Heathrow Airport and unveiled 17 April 1969, on the theme: British air transport - the pioneering days 1919-1934, commemorating pioneers planes and early years of commercial passenger transport at Hounslow Heath in 1919 and continued at Croydon from 1920 until 1939.
British air transport, one of 7 studies, showing the Armstrong Whitworth 131 Agosy, 'City of Glasgow'
1969
Painting, British Air Transport, one of 7 studies, showing the Armstrong Whitworth 131 Agosy, 'City of Glasgow', of Imperial Airways, by William Kempster ARCA, London, England, 1969. Part of a working idea for a part of a mural commissioned by the British Airports Authority for Terminal 1 of Heathrow Airport and unveiled 17 April 1969, on the theme: British air transport - the pioneering days 1919-1934, commemorating pioneers planes and early years of commercial passenger transport at Hounslow Heath in 1919 and continued at Croydon from 1920 until 1939.
British air transport, one of 7 studies, showing three aircraft and an airship
1969
Painting, British Air Transport, one of 7 studies, showing two Handley Page 0/400 converted bombers, the Vickers Vimy 'City of London' and H.M. Rigid Airship R-33, which was built by Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth & Co. Ltd in 1919, by William Kempster ARCA, London, England, 1969. Part of a working idea for a part of a mural commissioned by the British Airports Authority for Terminal 1 of Heathrow Airport and unveiled 17 April 1969, on the theme: British air transport - the pioneering days 1919-1934, commemorating pioneers planes and early years of commercial passenger transport at Hounslow Heath in 1919 and continued at Croydon from 1920 until 1939.