Alfred G Buckham
RAF Turnhouse Christmas Card
About this artwork
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artist:Alfred G Buckham (1879 - 1956) English
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title:RAF Turnhouse Christmas Card
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date created:1918
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materials:Gelatin silver print
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measurements:14.30 x 17.70 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Gift of the Bartholomew Family, Edinburgh, 2022
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accession number:PGP 1043
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Alfred G Buckham
Alfred G Buckham
Alfred Buckham's first ambition was to be a painter, but after seeing Turner's pictures in the National Gallery, he returned home and made a bonfire of his own work. He was the first head of aerial reconnaissance for the Royal Navy in the First World War and later a captain in the Royal Naval Air...
