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  • The War Refugees' Camp, Earl's Court 1918 The War Refugees' Camp, Earl's Court 1918

    (art) Made by: Rushbury, Henry (Sir) (RA) 1918

    image: In the foreground a group of refugees stand and sit underneath an archway. The group is predominantly made up of women, as well as four young children and two men, one of whom has a white beard and is lighting a pipe. In the background through the...

  • The British Museum : Removing sandbags in the Assyrian Saloon The British Museum : Removing sandbags in the Assyrian Saloon

    (art) Made by: Rushbury, Henry (Sir) (RA)

    image: view of the interior of a large room; in the centre, the top half of a monumental ancient sculpture is visible above a wall of sandbags and sand. A figure on a ladder and two others atop the sandbags are at work, while others stand at the base of...

  • The British Museum: Sketches of Sandbagged Sculptures in the Egyptian Gallery The British Museum: Sketches of Sandbagged Sculptures in the Egyptian Gallery

    (art) Made by: Rushbury, Henry (Sir) (RA) 1918

    image: in the left half is a sketch of three sculptures standing alongside one another in the Egyptian gallery of the British Museum. In the right half is a sketch of a sculpture and two piles of sandbags protecting further sculptures, also in the...

  • The British Museum: Sketches of Sandbagged Sculptures in the Northern Egyptian and Assyrian Galleries The British Museum: Sketches of Sandbagged Sculptures in the Northern Egyptian and Assyrian Galleries

    (art) Made by: Rushbury, Henry (Sir) (RA) 1918

    image: in the left half is a sketch of an interior view of part of the Northern Egyptian gallery in the British Museum, with an ancient pillar standing in the centre of the room and the sculpted head of Rameses II visible in the background. In the right...

  • The British Museum : removing sandbags in the Northern Egyptian Gallery The British Museum : removing sandbags in the Northern Egyptian Gallery

    (art) Made by: Rushbury, Henry (Sir) (RA) 1918

    image: an interior view of the Northern Egyptian gallery in the British Museum, with several workmen in the process of removing sandbags, which are arranged in large piles against the tall walls. The formost workman has a wheelbarrow at the ready, with a...

  • The British Museum : Sandbagged sculpture in the Egyptian Gallery The British Museum : Sandbagged sculpture in the Egyptian Gallery

    (art) Made by: Rushbury, Henry (Sir) (RA) 1918

    image: an interior view of the Egyptian gallery in the British Museum, with a few workers standing amongst large piles of sandbags used to protect sculptures in the event of an air raid. One stone pharoah head is visible to the left.

  • The Roof-spotter The Roof-spotter

    (art) Made by: Rushbury, Henry (Sir) (RA) 1941

    image: a view looking down on a factory with workers in blue overalls spilling out onto the forecourts. In the foreground is a figure in uniform with a gas mask hanging from his shoulder, standing at the edge of a roof, watching the sky through some...

  • Nurse Cavell at Westminster Abbey : After the Armistice her body was brought in state at Westminster Abbey, 15th May 1919 Nurse Cavell at Westminster Abbey : After the Armistice her body was brought in state at Westminster Abbey, 15th May 1919

    (art) Made by: Rushbury, Henry (Sir) (RA) 1919-05-15

    image: a group of British soldiers carry the Union Jack draped coffin of Nurse Edith Cavell towards a group of senior clergymen standing in the entrance to Westminster Abbey. A group of onlooking civilians stand in the right foreground, with a parade of...

  • Building the Explosives Section of a Royal Ordnance Factory at Blackburn, 1940 Building the Explosives Section of a Royal Ordnance Factory at Blackburn, 1940

    (art) Made by: Rushbury, Henry (Sir) (RA) 1940

    image: a panorama, looking down at a construction site surrounded by countryside. To the left is the iron skeleton of a tall building in progress. To the right a number of very long, low buildings painted with a camouflage pattern, surrounded by cranes,...

  • Women at Work in a Munition Factory, Blackburn, 1941 Women at Work in a Munition Factory, Blackburn, 1941

    (art) Made by: Rushbury, Henry (Sir) (RA) 1941

    image: rows of women in blue uniforms and head scarves stand at table top machines in a factory workshop with large draped windows.

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