General Information

Serial #

114/850

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

paper

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

66.5 cm

Width

51.3 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Commemorative

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Martchenko

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

the Canadian-built DHC-2 was a significant technical achievement/ the original airplane is on display at the Canada Aviation Museum

Function

display; commemorate maiden flight of DHC-2 De Havilland Beaver on floats

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

lettering hand painted on canvas at lower right reads: "MARTCHENKO 89"; lettering printed on outer border above image reads: "This lithograph is one of a Single Edition limited to 850 copies and 50 Artist Proofs Published by Anvid MacBeaver Ltd., Box 640, Yellowknife, N.W.T., Canada"; lettering printed on inner border below image reads: "Beaver One/by/Michael Martchenko/The Legendary DHC-2 De Havilland Beaver is portrayed during it's maiden flight on floats on September 16, 1947 near Toronto Island, flown by wartime Mosquito pilot RUSS BANNOCK./C.H. Punch DICKINS was Director of Sales of De Havilland Canada at the time and R.D. Dick HISCOCKS was in charge of the company's technical office. Managing Director P.C. (Phil) GARRATT made/the production decisions and selected the (now famous) name./Conceived and designed to satisfy rugged Canadian aviation operating conditions, it was an outstanding success due to the dedication of the entire multi-talented De Havilland Canada team and has proven to be one of the/milestones of Canadian aviation achievements. The original aircraft (first of 1670 built) is displayed in Canada's National Aviation Museum."; hand written in pencil on inner border below image: "114/850/[signatures) Matchenko/Dick Hiscocks/Punch Dickins/Russ Bannock"

Missing

N/A

Finish

colour picture; light gray inner border with black text; white outer border with black text

Decoration

image of DHC-2 in flight over Lake Ontario with Toronto skyline in background