£280
Wilfred Hardy (1938 - 2016) - a piece of highly detailed, gouache original artwork painted by Wilfred Hardy, featuring the 'HMS Argus' British aircraft carrier, that served in the Royal Navy. The artwork is the original piece created for card 18 in the series 'Tom Thumb: Britain's Maritime History' set of 30 cards, issued by John Player & Sons in 1989. Mounted. Signed to the bottom right corner. Measuring approximately 30 cm x 42 cm including the mount.
Wilfred Hardy (1938 - 2016) was a British artist who specialised in painting aircraft, producing posters and private commissions. He contributed many painted pages to Treasure, Look and Learn, Eagle and Speed and Power magazines. He also produced work for the Royal International Air Tattoo, and in 1979 he designed the special paint scheme for a Royal Air Force McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 which was to re-enact the Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown for the 60th anniversary of the crossing.
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