original 1914 painting of ww1 rnas biplane loop the loop

1914 Watercolour Painting of a British biplane 'looping the loop'

Name: 1914 Watercolour Painting of a British biplane 'looping the loop'
SKU: 7427

SKU: 7427

Title - Lt. Alcock - 'Sopwith Looping Club'

Date - 1914

Medium - Watercolour Painting on card

Signed - with 'N.J.' Monogram

Picture size - 21.5cm x 22.5cm / 8.25" x 8.75"

Outside frame size - 32.5cm x 32.5cm / 13" x 13"

Condition - Excellent

Frame - Antique Victorian / Edwardian oak picture frame with period glass

An incredibly rare and early 1914 Watercolour of an RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service) biplane 'looping the loop' at the RNAS base at Eastchurch, Kent UK. 'Looping' became all the rage after the Russian aviator Petr Nesterov performed the first ever loop in September of the previous year.

Is the flyer, Lt John Alcock, the same flyer who with his co-pilot achieved aviation history in June 1919 by becoming the first aviators to cross the Atlantic? To be confirmed!

They took off from Newfoundland, USA, flew 1980 miles and arrived in Ireland sixteen hours later.

John Alcock died in a flying accident six months later in December 1919.

£1,275.00