Jan 30, 2003 - Sale 1958

Sale 1958 - Lot 268

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
ERNEST IBBETSON THE TATTOO ALDERSHOT. 1939.
29 3/4x20 1/2 inches. Gale & Polden, England.
Condition A-: tape and repaired tear in left margin; skinning in bottom margin.
Historically clad soldiers in orange, yellow and blue are marching next to a collumn of tanks and other armored vehicles; against a green and blue background. A military and musical pageant whose origins extend back to 1894, the Aldershot Tattoo became a major public event in the era between the two World Wars.