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    Another  surviving  watercolour  is  an  illuminated
                                  religious  tract  shown  above  (both  this  and  the  other
                                  watercolour  are  on  card,  measuring  around  a  foot
                                  square.) A tract decorated with such care cannot but be
                                  the  work  of  a  man  with  strong  Christian  faith.    The
                                  tract  is  from  the  Book  of  Revelation,  which  may
                                  indicate that it was done amidst Luftwaffe assaults on
                                  London  during  either  of  the  world  wars,  which  had
                                  eschatological  implications  for  some.    In  1915  a
                                  Zeppelin,     encountering      anti-aircraft    fire    from
                                  Tottenham, dropped bombs there: later, the raids were
                                  repeated – with a vengeance – during world war two.
                                  Neither watercolour can be dated: but airborne assaults

                                  certainly left marks on Tottenham.

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