c/traditional_art · by secret_smut_account@lemmynsfw.com · 2yAmong the London Searchlights, 1918 - Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889 - 1946) 106 points · 6 comments · view on lemmy.world
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Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2y
Beautiful piece. They were looking for bombers I presume? What would they do if they saw one? Could hitting the planes with the spots help distract the pilots perhaps?
schmorpel@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 2y
WWI didn't really have bombers? At least not fly-over-the-channel-worthy ones? Or am I so bad at remembering my aeronautics history?
Grumpydaddy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
It did, a quick search turns up a dedicated bombing campaign using zepplins. Who would have thought!
schmorpel@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 2y
Wow thanks for taking the time to look this up. Zeppelins, had no idea.
kindenough@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y
Must have been sketched from a blimp, I wonder.
schmorpel@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 2y
Sneaky Chris was in with the Krauts, damn!