Erecting Aeroplanes by Muirhead Bone (1917)

Workers assembling a biplane with wing frames on trestles inside a timber hangar, drawn in pencil and colored chalk.

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This drawing, titled Erecting Aeroplanes by Muirhead Bone and dated 1917, shows workers assembling a biplane inside a large timber hangar. A finished fuselage with a propeller and engine sits on the floor while men attend to wing frames resting on trestles, and a roundel is visible on the left edge. The sketch is rendered in pencil and colored chalk with warm, muted tones.

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1917

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Wikimedia Commons

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Public domain

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Drawings & Sketches