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42 Harry Kernoff RHA (1900-1974) PORTRAIT OF AER LINGUS PILOT, CAPTAIN JOHN TWEDDLE, 1960 pastel signed and dated lower left; with photocopy of London Daily Express [1965] article on the sitter affixed on reverse 13.50 by 10in. (34.3 by 25.4cm) Provenance: Christie’s, 12 May 2005, lot 111 Private collection Born in 1917, John Lawson Tweddle was a keen sportsman, winning medals for activities as diverse as diving and athletics, and being capped for Ulster rugby on at least four occasions. During WorldWar II he served with the RAF and was made Flight Lieutenant. After the war he worked for Aer Lingus and was one of the first pilots to fly BAC 1-11 jets in the early sixties. He was a close friend of Harry Kernoff. With a copy of a 1965 newspaper article from the Daily Express, featuring Captain Tweddle who was shortly to appear in a musical. The paper reported that Tweddle (the “Singing Skipper”) was being allowed a week’s leave from Aer Lingus in order to play the part of Sultan Ali Ben Ali in the airline company’s own production of the “Desert Song”. €800-€1200 (£700-£1,050 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid Lot 42