C.R.W. Nevinson - Swooping Down on a Hostile Plane, 1917 - Art.IWMART517, C. R. W. Nevinson

The painting is mentioned in correspondence in september 1917 as being re-worked prior to its presentation to the imperial war museum: it may possibly have been the painting 'taube pursued by commander samson' shown in march 1915. Image: a view of aerial combat with a british sopwith camel attacking a german taube, which is just visible towards the bottom of the composition. Date: 1917 (First World War).