Lot 46 · Christie's Interiors
Air stewardesses in training for their highly complicated job: Instructors and pupils outside the 'mock up' of a Hermes aircraft at the B.O.A.C. Stewards' (illustrated); and God-speed and bon voyage! Her Majesty's departure from London Airport, as the airliner left for the first stage of the Queen's six month circumnavigation of the Globe
Bryan De Grineau · pencil and black chalk heightened with white; unframed
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- Estimate
- £400–£600 hammer ≈ $643–$965
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Christie's Interiors, London (South Kensington) · 7 October 2014
- Dimensions
- 21 x 30 in. (53.4 x 76 cm.); and similar
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4240018
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-4240018 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4240018
Bryan De Grineau, Air stewardesses in training for their highly complicated job: Instructors and pupils outside the 'mock up' of a Hermes aircraft at the B.O.A.C. Stewards' (illustrated); and God-speed and bon voyage! Her Majesty's departure from London Airport, as the airliner left for the first stage of the Queen's six month circumnavigation of the Globe. Christie's, 7 Oct 2014, lot 46. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4240018.
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Bryan De Grineau, Air stewardesses in training for their highly complicated job: Instructors and pupils outside the 'mock up' of a Hermes aircraft at the B.O.A.C. Stewards' (illustrated); and God-speed and bon voyage! Her Majesty's departure from London Airport, as the airliner left for the first stage of the Queen's six month circumnavigation of the Globe. Christie's, 7 Oct 2014, lot 46. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4240018.
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