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Painting of a tilted biplane with red, white and blue roundels crashed nose-down in a grassy field under a blue sky.

Victor and Vanquished

An oil painting of a biplane with roundel insignia on its wings, tilted steeply nose-down into a grassy field under a pale blue sky. Loose, broad brushstrokes render the open landscape, with a distant tree line and a low rounded object at right.

Artist
Townsend
Date
1918
Medium
oil (overall production method/technique)
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)
Size
4000 × 3093 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of American History) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1918).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History

Español: Vencedor y vencido, 1918, pintura al óleo de un biplano accidentado

Pintura al óleo de un biplano con escarapelas circulares en las alas, inclinado con la nariz hacia abajo sobre un campo de hierba bajo un cielo azul pálido. Pinceladas amplias y sueltas describen el paisaje abierto, con una línea de árboles al fondo.

Português: Vencedor e vencido, 1918, pintura a óleo de um biplano acidentado

Pintura a óleo de um biplano com insígnias circulares nas asas, inclinado com o nariz para baixo sobre um campo gramado sob um céu azul pálido. Pinceladas amplas e soltas descrevem a paisagem aberta, com uma linha de árvores ao fundo.