1916 Watercolour Painting of a Zeppelin caught in Searchlights
Title - The Raider
Date - 5.12.16 for 1916
Medium - Watercolour Painting on paper
Signed - W. Pinnock
Picture size - 17cm x 15cm / 6.75" x 6"
Outside frame size - 34.5cm x 29cm / 13.5" x 11.5"
Condition - Excellent
Frame - Antique Victorian / Edwardian oak picture frame with period glass
A classic WW1 watercolour painting of a Zeppelin caught in the beams of Anti-Aircraft Batteries.
By the time the Zeppelin air raids on England were called off in 1917, 77 out of the 115 Zeppelins in the German Fleet had been shot down or were permanently out of action.