King of the Air and Wings of War by Anthony Saunders

Description THE LIMITED EDITION BOOK AND PRINT PORTFOLIO Each portfolio includes an artist signed, numbered copy of the book Wings of War presented in a special slipcase and a matching-numbered, signed copy of the Limited Edition print King of the Air. The Avro Lancaster was undoubtedly the RAF’s greatest heavy bomber of World War II and only a handful of survived to complete more than 100 operations. Lancaster JB663 King of the Air of 106 Sqn was one of those, symbolically chosen by Anthony Saunders as the subject for his stunning piece to accompany his first book. With prints signed by two of the most highly-distinguished veterans ever to serve on Lancasters, including George ‘Johnny Johnson’ who also wrote the foreword for the book THE LIMITED EDITION Every print in each edition is individually numbered and personally signed by the artist, together with two famous veterans who served on Lancasters during WWII: Sqn Ldr GEORGE ‘JOHNNY’ JOHNSON DFM Bomb-Aimer with the legendary 617 Sqn, ‘Johnny’ is now the last surviving British Dambuster Flt Sgt STAN BRADFORD DFM A Mid-Upper Gunner with 57 Sqn he finished the war as an Ace, shooting down 6 enemy fighters 300 Limited Edition Each portfolio includes an artist signed, numbered copy of the book Wings of War presented in a special slipcase and a matching-numbered, signed copy of the Limited Edition print King of the Air. THE SIGNATURES Every print in each edition is individually numbered and personally signed by the artist, together with two famous veterans who served on Lancasters during WWII: Sqn Ldr GEORGE ‘JOHNNY’ JOHNSON DFM Serving as a Bomb-Aimer with 617 Sqn, he scored a direct hit on the Sorpe Dam during the legendary Dambusters Raid Flt Sgt STAN BRADFORD DFM A Mid-Upper Gunner with 57 Sqn he was one of the few Air Gunner Aces credited with shooting down 6 enemy fighters THE BOMBER COMMAND TRIBUTE EDITION with ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING and TEN SIGNATURES With the components of the Limited Edition, each portfolio is issued with an exclusive original pencil drawing by Anthony, specially commissioned for this release. Each unique drawing is personally signed by four veterans who served with great distinction in RAF Bomber Command: Flt Lt TOM PAYNE Pilot on Wellingtons and Lancasters with 90 & 15 Sqns W.O. ROY BRIGGS Wireless Operator on Lancasters with 576 & 156 Sqn Flt Lt ALAN PAYNE DFC Bomb Aimer on Lancasters with 630& 57 Sqns W.O. KEN JOHNSON Mid-Upper Gunner on Lancasters with 9 & 61 Sqns Each drawing is conservation matted to include the original signatures of a further four highly distinguished Bomber Command Lancaster Pilots: Sqn Ldr ‘MAC’ HAMILTON DFC* Pilot on Lancasters with 619 & 617 Sqns Wg Cdr ERNEST RODLEY DSO DFC* AFC AE Pilot on Lancasters and Mosquitos with 97 & 128 Sqn MRAF Sir MICHAEL BEETHAM GCB CBE DFC AFC FRAes Pilot on Lancasters with 50 Sqn Sqn Ldr PAT CARDEN DFC AE Pilot on Halifaxes and Lancasters with the elite Pathfinders THE GICLÉE STUDIO PROOFS ON CANVAS Using the very latest high-definition giclée technology Anthony’s fabulous painting is faithfully replicated onto fine canvas and is issued pre-stretched (OVERSAES ORDERS ARE SENT ROLLED AND ARE NOT PRE-STRETCHED) , ready to simply drop into the frame of your choice. Each numbered canvas is signed by the artist and issued with an individually numbered limited first edition copy of the book Wings of War, presented in its own luxury embossed slipcase. Overall canvas size: 36” wide x 24” high THE LIMITED EDITION Edition Size – 300 THE ARTIST PROOFS Edition Size – 25 THE REMARQUES Edition Size – 25 THE GICLEE STUDIO PROOFS Edition Size – 75 THE DOUBLE REMARQUES (subject to availability) Edition Size – 10 HE BOMBER COMMAND TRIBUTE PROOFS (subject to availability) Edition Size – 10 You May Like