SOPWITH BABY SEAPLANE ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING by HOWARD LEIGH WWI Planes

Description

ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING
by
HOWARD LEIGH
SOPWITH BABY SEAPLANE
(2 small Tiger Moths in background)
33.5 X 21 INCHES (art work)
37 x 24.5 INCHES (frame)
very good condition
with minor rubs, chips & marks
a couple of small holes & cracks
(see photo)
also included (book)
Planes of the Great War
Fifty of Howard Leigh's Popular Prints Reproduced by Collotype
including the
SOPWITH BABY SEAPLANE
VG/G w/ price
(see photos)
Leigh was one of the finest aviation artists of the 1930’s.
Today he is best remembered as the illustrator of the earliest ‘Biggles’ books by W E Johns.
However he made a wider contribution to aviation art during the inter-war period.