About this artwork
Buckham was the leading aerial photographer of his day and was renowned for his atmospheric shots of the landscape. He felt that the most spectacular cloud formations and theatrical light could be captured on “stormy days, with bursts of sunshine and occasional showers of rain”. This image shows Captain Jordan flying his ‘Black Camel’ biplane at very close proximity to Buckham’s aircraft. Taken over the landscape around Rosyth, this was near to where Buckham crashed for the ninth time in 1918 and sustained serious injuries .
Updated before 2020
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artist:Alfred G Buckham (1879 - 1956) English
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title:Sunshine, and Showers
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date created:About 1920
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materials:Gelatin silver print
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measurements:45.50 x 37.70 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased with Art Fund support, 2008
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accession number:PGP 197.11
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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...