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CURRENT CATALOGUE
by Richard Taylor
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Current Catalog shows alphabetically, by artists, all prints currently
available from the Military Gallery. Many are now low in inventory
and a few close to selling out. Click on thumbnail image or title
to see larger image and more information.
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LAUNCH FROM THE LADY LEX
Richard's dramatic drawing takes us to the heart of the action on 20 February 1942 as O'Hare's Wildcat is seen hurtling off the deck of the USS Lexington prior to the combat that would lead to his Medal of Honor. The original has been faithfully reproduced as high-quality giclée fine art prints on archival paper, each personally signed by the artist, hand numbered and mounted to full conservation standards.
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LIBERATION - SAINTE MÈRE ÉGLISE, JUNE 1944
For nearly four years, the swastika had flown belligerently over the small town of Sainte Mere Eglise in Normandy. Suddenly, shortly after midnight on the night of 5/6th June 1944, parachutists from the 82nd Airborne Division began landing in and around the town.
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LONG NIGHT AHEAD
To remember this extraordinary warplane and in tribute to the men who flew Mosquitos in World War II, Richard Taylor has created his moving painting, Long Night Ahead. Featuring Mosquito FB.VIs from 169 Squadron based at Great Massingham, Richard depicts them as they fly low over a poppy-strewn meadow in the lee of Ely Cathedral as they head towards a south coast airfield in preparation for a night-fighter intruder operation shortly after D-Day in the summer of 1944.
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MASTERS OF THE SKY
Led by their Commanding Officer Major George Preddy, the P-51 Mustang pilots of the 328th Fighter Squadron engage in a bitter struggle with Luftwaffe fighters in the cold winter air high over eastern Germany. They have been escorting B-17 Fortresses attacking the heavily defended synthetic oil plant at Merseberg, November 1944. As the B-17s turn safely towards home above them, Preddy skilfully manages to down one of the attacking Fw190s in the ensuing melee.
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NICOLSON VC
Since 1975 the Military Gallery, Richard's exclusive publisher, has been signing with and collecting original autographs of the very men who took part in the battle. This is however, the very first time the Military Gallery have ever offered Nicolson's signature. He has become possibly the most famous of all pilots to take part in the Battle of Britain and having passed away in May 1945, it's easy to understand why his autograph is so hard to come by and this quantity has taken a number of years to source.
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NO MANS LAND - A BOOK & PRINT PORTFOLIO
To honour all those who fought with the Tank and Armoured Vehicle Corps during The Great War, each copy of No Man's Land is conservation matted to include an ORIGINAL pair of WWI Campaign Medals - The WWI British War Medal and Victory Medal - which have been sourced and collected over a number of years. Each pair of medals was actually issued to a member of the BRITISH TANK CORPS and have the recipients Service, Rank, Name and Number impressed on them.
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ON COURSE FOR THE MÖHNE DAM
Guy Gibson leads the first wave of 617 Squadron's Lancaster bombers towards the German border and on to the Mőhne dam. After crossing the coast a fraction off course, Gibson adjusts his compass heading slightly and, as the unmistakable thunder of 12 cylinder Merlin engines at full throttle shatters the night, follows the course of a large canal where the owner of an ancient windmill, hearing the noise, hurries outside to witness the event.
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CURRENT CATALOGUE
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