A special test of a scale model of St. Paul's Cathedral and London at the National Physical Laboratory at Teddington; and The night watch on the world's best policed waterway: A Thames river police launch surprises thieves at work on lighters (both illustrated)

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Bryan de Grineau (1883-1957)
A special test of a scale model of St. Paul's Cathedral and London at the National Physical Laboratory at Teddington; and The night watch on the world's best policed waterway: A Thames river police launch surprises thieves at work on lighters (both illustrated)
the first signed, inscribed and dated 'BRYAN DE GRINEAU/N. P. L. TEDDINGTON/1950' (lower right); the second signed, inscribed and dated 'BRYAN DE GRINEAU/THAMES RIVER POLICE/1950' (lower left)
the first, pencil; the second, charcoal heightened with white, both unframed
15 x 22 ¼ in. (38 x 56.5 cm.)
(2)

Literature

the first, The Illustrated London News, 25 February 1950, p. 285.
the second, The Illustrated London News, 30 December 1950, pp. 1074-5.

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Lot Essay

"A typical model test at the National Physical Laboratory. Here a large scale model of a section of London, including St. Paul's Cathedral and Bankside power station, and set up in an open-jet tunnel, so that the effect of smoke and fumes from the power station can be assessed."

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