The Battle of Britain

Collections search

Showing 1 - 10 of 1200 results.

Pages

  • Study for 'Gassed'
Studies of standing soldiers with rifles Study for 'Gassed' Studies of standing soldiers with rifles

    (art) Made by: Sargent, John Singer (RA) 1918

    image: a study of different elements of a gassed British infantryman standing side-on with his hands on the shoulders of another man in front of him. It includes a full length depiction of the man, with a blanket role over his right shoulder and his...

  • Invasion Preparations in an English Village Invasion Preparations in an English Village

    (art) Made by: Mozley, Charles 1944

    image: A view from an elevated postion looking onto a road in an English village. There are houses and a church in the background to the left, with a number of American military trucks and a jeep parked on the road in the foreground. To the right is a...

  • Mont St Eloi Mont St Eloi

    (art) Made by: Nash, Paul 1917

    image: a scene showing the ruins of the church at Mont St Eloi. The figures of lifeless trees dominate the foreground, and there is a soldier standing on the hill to the left. He appears to be looking out at the brilliant sun that beams down over the...

  • The Field of Passchendaele The Field of Passchendaele

    (art) Made by: Nash, Paul 1917

    image: a battle scarred Western Front landscape near Passchendaele in Flanders. A large water-filled shell hole dominates the foreground, with two dead soldiers lying nearby on the left. Beyond them is the entrance to a dugout, a small bomb damaged brick...

  • Pour Achever La Croisade du Droit - Souscrivez! [To Finish the Just Crusade - Subscribe!] Pour Achever La Croisade du Droit - Souscrivez! [To Finish the Just Crusade - Subscribe!]

    (posters) Made by: Chavannaz, D (artist) 1918

    whole: the image occupies the majority of the poster surface, with the title incorporated and positioned upper left. Further text is placed across the top and bottom. image: Allied troops, mounted on horseback, drive the German eagle back towards a cloud...

  • Emprunt National 1918 [National Loan 1918] Emprunt National 1918 [National Loan 1918]

    (posters) Made by: Chavannaz, B (artist) 1918

    whole: the title and image are integrated, with the title positioned upper right, in black, and the image placed left. All held within a narrow black border. image: French and British soldiers sit upon a partially visible French tank, watching explosions...

  • Arakan Campaign : Battle of Rathedaung, 1943 Arakan Campaign : Battle of Rathedaung, 1943

    (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony 1944

    image: an Indian soldier lies dead with his arms above his head in the thick undergrowth of the jungle. His Bren gun and helmet lie by his side. Through the jungle a river is just visible on the horizon.

  • Greece: An orphanage. Curing scabies with anachryl Greece: An orphanage. Curing scabies with anachryl

    (art) Made by: Cole, Leslie 1945

    image: A distressed young girl being painted with anachryl by a masked nurse, attended by two women, a priest and two British soldiers. Three other children await their turn.

  • The Gymnasium : Dermatological Ward, Colchester Military Hospital The Gymnasium : Dermatological Ward, Colchester Military Hospital

    (art) Made by: Bawden, Edward 1943

    image: A view of a low red brick building on the top of an embankment, drawn from below. Men wearing blue trousers and khaki shirts lie about in the sunshine on the grass below the building.

  • Recruit's Progress: Medical Inspection Recruit's Progress: Medical Inspection

    (art) Made by: Weight, Carel Victor Morlais (CBE, RA) 1942

    image: New recruits are lined up for inspection; all are stripped to the waist. The inspector sits at a table, head leaning on an elbow, while a recruit faces him, arms in the air and trousers round his ankles. Foreground right, a recruit, full...

Pages