THIS SCEPTRED ISLE

This Sceptred Isle by Robert Taylor 

Overall print size: 24 ¾”wide x 18 ½” high
Image size: 19 ¼” wide x 13“high

The Limited Edition...$245
Joining artist Robert Taylor, every print has been personally autographed by two highly regarded RAF veterans who flew in combat during the Battle of Britain:

Wg Cdr TIM ELKINGTON
Pilot on Hurricanes with 1 Sqn / 2 victories 
Flt Lt TERRY CLARK DFM AE
WOp/AG on Blenheims with 219 Sqn / 6 victories

The Collectors Edition...$345.00
Each print in these memorable FIVE signature editions is additionally signed by three prominent veterans who fought in the Battle of Britain:

Flt Lt ARCHIE McINNES
Pilot on Hurricanes with 610 & 238 Sqn
Flt Lt WILLIAM ‘BOB’ HUGHES DFC AFC 
WOp/AG on Blenheims with 23 Sqn 
C.A.F. JOE RODDIS
Ground Crew on Spitfires with 234 Sqn

The Collectors Artist Proof ...$470
Each print in these memorable FIVE signature editions is additionally signed by three prominent veterans who fought in the Battle of Britain:

Flt Lt ARCHIE McINNES
Pilot on Hurricanes with 610 & 238 Sqn
Flt Lt WILLIAM ‘BOB’ HUGHES DFC AFC 
WOp/AG on Blenheims with 23 Sqn 
C.A.F. JOE RODDIS
Ground Crew on Spitfires with 234 Sqn

The Veterans Edition... $595
These historic TEN signature editions are additionally signed by a further FIVE highly distinguished Battle of Britain fighter pilots, including four legendary Aces:

Gp Capt TOM DALTON-MORGAN DSO DFC* OBE Pilot on Hurricanes with 43 Sqn / 17 victories
Wg Cdr JOHN FREEBORN DFC* 
Pilot on Spitfires with 74 Sqn / 17 victories
Sqn Ldr KEN ‘HAWKEYE’ LEE DFC
Pilot on Hurricanes with 501 Sqn / 7 victories
Wg Cdr WILFRED ‘WILF’ SIZER DFC* 
Pilot on Hurricanes with 213 Sqn / 10 victories
Sqn Ldr MICHAEL WAINWRIGHT AFC
Pilot on Spitfires with 64 Sqn / 2 victories

For nearly a thousand years the white cliffs of southern England had taunted many a foreign army. These fortress walls of chalk, however, were defended by the moat-like waters of the Channel and together they had shielded the British from her enemies. Alongside Drake they had defied the armies of Spain and her great Armada and, in 1805, had halted the march of Napoleon’s Grande Armée. No enemy force since that of William the Conqueror in 1066 had successfully managed to cross the Channel in anger but, in May 1940, one of the most powerful armies the world had ever seen arrived at Calais. An invasion by Hitler’s all-conquering Wehrmacht was imminent – or so it seemed.

To cross the Channel and breach the English defences, the Luftwaffe simply had to gain control of the skies, and with massively superior numbers the outcome seemed inevitable. The fate of Britain lay in the hands of less than 3,000 young airmen from Fighter Command – Churchill’s ‘Few’.