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Forties Collection (page 4)

Background imageForties Collection: Lush Bint by David Wright

Lush Bint by David Wright, showing a women wrapped in a fur coat. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageForties Collection: Sketch front cover 1955 by David Wright

Sketch front cover 1955 by David Wright
Sketch front cover by David Wright from 1955, showing the development of his style in later years along with fashion. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch

Background imageForties Collection: Test Match by David Wright

Test Match by David Wright, showing a blonde woman wearing a pink sundress and hat. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageForties Collection: Streamlined Piece by David Wright

Streamlined Piece by David Wright, featuring a woman wearing a pale blue evening dress leaning against a chair. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during

Background imageForties Collection: Good Morning ! by David Wright

Good Morning ! by David Wright
Good Morning! by David Wright, featuring a woman looking at herself in a dressing table mirror while her silk dressing gown slips revealingly off her shoulder

Background imageForties Collection: Pin-Up Girl by David Wright

Pin-Up Girl by David Wright
Pin-up Girl by David Wright, showing a woman in bra, petticoat and evening gloves looking at her reflection in a hand mirror

Background imageForties Collection: Poster for the Grand Prix of the Nations

Poster for the Grand Prix of the Nations in Geneva on 21st July 1946

Background imageForties Collection: Suspension Bridge and Castle, Inverness, Scotland

Suspension Bridge and Castle, Inverness, Scotland
Suspension Bridge and Castle, Inverness, Highland, Scotland Date: 1944

Background imageForties Collection: WW2 poster, Fairey Aviation Company

WW2 poster, Fairey Aviation Company. Date: 1940s

Background imageForties Collection: Just Wright by David Wright

Just Wright by David Wright
A young woman in a red dress with a plunging neckline and a large, wide brimmed hat to protect her English rose complexion from the sun, contemplates the viewer with a slightly arrogant air

Background imageForties Collection: September 1953 by David Wright

September 1953 by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageForties Collection: July 1953 by David Wright

July 1953 by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageForties Collection: A Bunch of Sweetness by David Wright

A Bunch of Sweetness by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageForties Collection: One D--n Thing After Another ! by David Wright

One D--n Thing After Another ! by David Wright
One D-n Thing After Another! by David Wright, showing an almost naked woman sitting on a bed wearing little except a head scarf and stockings and trying on a series of hats

Background imageForties Collection: The Siren by David Wright

The Siren by David Wright, showing a woman clad in little more than underwear and stocking, with a head scarf round her head, posing on a carpet of furs

Background imageForties Collection: Streamline Fuselage by David Wright

Streamline Fuselage by David Wright, showing a red-haired woman in pink and black polka dot lingerie, stockings and stilletos, stretching out her legs

Background imageForties Collection: Good Night ! by David Wright

Good Night ! by David Wright
Good Night! by David Wright showing a blonde woman in typically revealing night attire, holding a luxurious feather fan and looking at her reflection in a Venetian glass mirror

Background imageForties Collection: Golden Girl by David Wright

Golden Girl by David Wright featuring a elegantly blonde woman in a revealing black evening dress. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageForties Collection: Britain poster, Culzean Castle, Scotland

Britain poster, Culzean Castle, Scotland, by Alfred Furness for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1948

Background imageForties Collection: Mexico - Acapulco - Panorama of Caleta and Caletilla beaches

Mexico - Acapulco - Panorama of Caleta and Caletilla beaches
Mexico - Acapulco - Panoramic view of the Caleta and Caletilla beaches (Playa de Caleta y la Playa de Caletilla). Date: circa 1945

Background imageForties Collection: NFS training / instructional photo, use of hose, WW2

NFS training / instructional photo, use of hose, WW2
How not to make a length of rolled up hose flat -- dont jump on it!

Background imageForties Collection: Blitz in London -- bomb disposal at Charing Cross

Blitz in London -- bomb disposal at Charing Cross
Blitz in London -- soldiers using a trolley to remove a land mine on Hungerford Railway Bridge, Charing Cross, on 17 April 1941

Background imageForties Collection: Poster against American capitalism

Poster against American capitalism, showing a man in a stranglehold, with a stars and stripes design on the aggressors sleeve. 1944

Background imageForties Collection: Ballerinas in their dressing room

Ballerinas in their dressing room
Ballet dancers prepare for a performance in their dressing room. One dancer is seen applying make up, while the feet of another await her silk ballet slippers. c.1947

Background imageForties Collection: Ballet dancers training

Ballet dancers training
A group of ballet dancers training in a rehearsal studio. circa 1940s

Background imageForties Collection: Britannia and Eve magazine, October 1940

Britannia and Eve magazine, October 1940
Front cover illustration featuring a 1940s blonde beauty, wearing a halter-neck red and white top, along with gold hoop earrings, and necklace

Background imageForties Collection: Britannia and Eve magazine, August 1940

Britannia and Eve magazine, August 1940
Front cover illustration featuring a smiling woman, clasping her hands with joy and thinking very happy thoughts. She wears a orange silk dress, bright red lipstick and her hair in finger waves

Background imageForties Collection: Turn out more Scrap Metal - Turn out More Tanks poster

Turn out more Scrap Metal - Turn out More Tanks poster
World War II poster encouraging civilians on the home front to donate more scrap metal which can be turned into tanks to help the war effort

Background imageForties Collection: Keble College floodlit 1949

Keble College floodlit 1949
A summer ball at Keble College, Oxford: the College, which was floodlit for the occasion, made an imposing and spectacular background

Background imageForties Collection: Young lady - arms crossed wearing a sheer black wrap

Young lady - arms crossed wearing a sheer black wrap. Reproduction of a painting by David Wright

Background imageForties Collection: Arts of Peace by David Wright

Arts of Peace by David Wright, showing a woman pinning up hair in front of a mirror. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageForties Collection: The Tune That He Loved Best by David Wright

The Tune That He Loved Best by David Wright, showing a woman sat listening to a gramaphone. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageForties Collection: No News to Speak Of by David Wright

No News to Speak Of by David Wright featuring a glamorous, half-dressed woman lounging on a boudoir-style chair as she pens a letter

Background imageForties Collection: About Turn ! by David Wright

About Turn ! by David Wright
About Turn! by David Wright, using a typical military-style double-entendre to entitle an image of a woman in lingerie looking over her shoulder at the artist

Background imageForties Collection: Powder Monkey by David Wright

Powder Monkey by David Wright, showing a back view of an elegantly slim woman only just covered by a fur evening coat, looking at herself in a powder compact mirror

Background imageForties Collection: Bathing Belle Parade

Bathing Belle Parade
Three disgruntled beauty queens look particularly annoyed at a sassy woman in a red bikini holds a placard boasting that she can cook too!

Background imageForties Collection: Summer Holidays in the British Isles

Summer Holidays in the British Isles
Cover illustration for Summer Holidays in the British Isles, with Cooks World Travel Service, showing an English seaside resort, with a sandy beach, sailing boats on the sea, a pier and a blue sky

Background imageForties Collection: Moonlight Becomes You by David Wright

Moonlight Becomes You by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageForties Collection: April 1952 by David Wright

April 1952 by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageForties Collection: December 1952 by David Wright

December 1952 by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageForties Collection: Browned Off by David Wright

Browned Off by David Wright, showing a model seated with her legs over a chair. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageForties Collection: London firewomen playing netball, Westminster SW1

London firewomen playing netball, Westminster SW1
A netball competition between London Fire Brigade firewomen teams played at Greycoat School, Greycoat Place, Westminster

Background imageForties Collection: Blitz in London -- bomb disposal at Charing Cross

Blitz in London -- bomb disposal at Charing Cross
Blitz in London -- soldiers using a trolley to remove a land mine on Hungerford Railway Bridge, Charing Cross, on 17 April 1941

Background imageForties Collection: Boy and toy aeroplane by David Wright

Boy and toy aeroplane by David Wright
Portrait of a young boy contemplating a toy aeroplane by David Wright, best known as Britains foremost pin-up artist during World War II. Date: 1944

Background imageForties Collection: Dakota 1 (2-Cyclone) Transport Plane

Dakota 1 (2-Cyclone) Transport Plane, seen from three different angles. 1942

Background imageForties Collection: Summer Holidays in Holland and Belgium

Summer Holidays in Holland and Belgium
Cover illustration for Summer Holidays in Holland and Belgium, Cooks World Travel Service. A young woman in a short green dress stands on the beach waving a handkerchief

Background imageForties Collection: The Berkshire County Asylum, Moulsford, Wallingford

The Berkshire County Asylum, Moulsford, Wallingford
The Berkshire County Lunatic Asylum at Moulsford, near Wallingford. Later known as the Berkshire Mental Hospital, it was renamed Fairmile Hospital in 1948

Background imageForties Collection: Royal Chattris, Orchha, India

Royal Chattris, Orchha, India
The Royal Chattris (14 cenotaphs or tombs carved out of stone) of former rulers, in Kanchana Ghat on the banks of the river Betwa at Orchha, Madhya Pradesh Province, India



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