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Davis, George Horace (1881-1963)

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Name
Davis, George Horace (1881-1963)
Nationality
English
Biography
Artist, born in London, who studied at Ealing School of Art. He was for a time staff artist on the publications Graphic and Sphere and in 1923 became chief staff artist on the Illustrated London News. During World War I he was head of aerial diagrams for the Royal Flying Corps and an Official War Artist. Davis wrote many articles connected with marine illustration and was very prolific as an illustrator, famous for his diagrammatic drawings and cross-sections of ships. He was a member of RSMA and a founder-member of the Society of Aviation Artists. Showed at RA, Imperial War Museum which holds his work and elsewhere. Lived in Ewell, Surrey, then latterly in Brighton, Sussex.
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Assets (24 in total)

The Royal Yacht Britannia, plan of the layout of the interior (oil on canvas)
Closing Up, 1919 (oil on canvas)
World War I. 'Closing up' by G H Davis
Closing Up, 1919 (colour litho)
The
The Wonders of Modern Under-Water Salvage, c.1930s (print)
rogress of the aeronautics, 1935 (illustration)
The Battle Cruiser Hood, illustration from 'Newnes' Pictorial Book of Knowledge' (colour litho)
The Mechanised Army: a modern force going into action, with the latest types of tanks advancing ahead, and tractor-drawn artillery and ammunition wagons, while aeroplanes scout above, from 'The Illustrated London News Royal Naval and Military Review Number', 20th July 1935 (colour litho)
The Royal Air Force: representative types of the latest fighting and bombing machines, from 'The Illustrated London News Royal Naval and Military Review Number', 20th July 1935 (colour litho)
The Festival of Britain, 1951: Showing a Helicopter's Eye-view of the Exhibition Site with its Chief Pavillions, 1951 (colour litho)
A night bomber swoops down on London (colour litho)
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