Harold McCready, Imperial Airways. 1929.
Harold McCready
1897-1972
Imperial Airways. 1929.
Condition A-: small tears, creases and slight darkening at edges. Paper.
Pictured at London's Croydon Airport is the Armstrong Whitworth Argosy Mk I, The City of Wellington, which operated for Imperial Airways between 1926 and 1935. The plane initially flew the London to Paris route. Only three of these particular three-engine aircraft were ever constructed. "The incongruously bright Mediterranean colors make this scene at Croydon look like a desert aerodrome in North Africa" (British Aviation p. 48).
Manchester-born McCready served in the Notts & Derby Regiment and became a 2nd Lieutenant in the Warwick Regiment during World War I. Once "released from war service in around 1919, he subsequently became an animator, working on the 'Bonzo' series of cartoons for New Era Films in 1924-26. . . McCready was active as a comic strip artist in the 1930s, drawing 'In the Days of Robin Hood' for The Boys' and Girls' Daily Mail (1934) and 'Invaded by Vikings' for Jolly Jack's Weekly, a comic supplement given away with The Sunday Dispatch (1934). There is a two-decade gap in his art career until 1956, when he began painting the cover strip, 'Jolly Days with Dicky and Dolly', for Playhour" (Bookpalace.com).
McCready also designed a poster for London's Tramways to Central London (1930).
L'Histoire de l'Aviation p. 110, British Aviation 34.
30x20 inches, 76¼x50¾ cm. John Horn Limited, London.
Harold McCready
1897-1972
Imperial Airways. 1929.
Condition A-: small tears, creases and slight darkening at edges. Paper.
Pictured at London's Croydon Airport is the Armstrong Whitworth Argosy Mk I, The City of Wellington, which operated for Imperial Airways between 1926 and 1935. The plane initially flew the London to Paris route. Only three of these particular three-engine aircraft were ever constructed. "The incongruously bright Mediterranean colors make this scene at Croydon look like a desert aerodrome in North Africa" (British Aviation p. 48).
Manchester-born McCready served in the Notts & Derby Regiment and became a 2nd Lieutenant in the Warwick Regiment during World War I. Once "released from war service in around 1919, he subsequently became an animator, working on the 'Bonzo' series of cartoons for New Era Films in 1924-26. . . McCready was active as a comic strip artist in the 1930s, drawing 'In the Days of Robin Hood' for The Boys' and Girls' Daily Mail (1934) and 'Invaded by Vikings' for Jolly Jack's Weekly, a comic supplement given away with The Sunday Dispatch (1934). There is a two-decade gap in his art career until 1956, when he began painting the cover strip, 'Jolly Days with Dicky and Dolly', for Playhour" (Bookpalace.com).
McCready also designed a poster for London's Tramways to Central London (1930).
L'Histoire de l'Aviation p. 110, British Aviation 34.
30x20 inches, 76¼x50¾ cm. John Horn Limited, London.
