Lot 27: Captain Alfred Buckham (1879-1956) , 'Lincoln', c. 1925

Silver print, signed below the image in pencil and titled below the image, possibly in another hand. Copyright asserted in pencil on the reverse.

measurements note 45.6 x 38.2 cm (18 x 15 in.)

Ferguson, Celia, A vision of flight, the aerial photographs of Alfred G. Buckham, Tempus publishing, Stroud, Glos., 2007, p.109.

It is known that Captain Buckham used multiple negatives to compose his pictures, and the effect is plainly visible here, where the perspective of the sky and of the ground are markedly different. The signature bears the additonal remark 'Late RAF'. Captain Buckham was demobilised in 1919 after suffering a serious injury.