Frank Hampson (1918-1985)

Frank Hampson (1918-1985)

Voyage to Venus (2/23/1)

gouache on board original front cover artwork for Dan Dare in the Eagle volume 2 episode 23, published in 1951, framed

numbered 2/23/1 bottom right,

42 x 32.5cm (image)

Provenance

Frank Hampson, thence by descent.

Exhibited

Frank Hampson The Man Who Drew Dan Dare, The Atkinson, Southport, Centenary exhibition September 2018-March 2019.

Catalogue notes

The Voyage to Venus story begins to draw to a conclusion as the combined UN invasion force launch a pre-emptive attack on the Treens - using low-level technology - in 1996.