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  • oil painting, 'Sommer in der Pfalz am Rhein, Deutschland' oil painting, 'Sommer in der Pfalz am Rhein, Deutschland'

    (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: Theo Fries (Artist) 1946

    Oil painting by Theo Fries, a German prisoner of war at Boughton Camp (No 633), near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, between 1945 and 1946. The painting was acquired Company Quartermaster Sergeant Guy William Reckin (Royal Artillery), when he was a member of...

  • Fortified Islands in the Bristol Channel: 2 Fortified Islands in the Bristol Channel: 2" Naval UP Projector on an earlier fortification

    (art) Made by: Howard-Jones, Ray 1943

    image: A Naval UP Projector standing on top of an old fortification. The gun is manned by two uniformed figures, one on either side. In the foreground there are two sets of steps: one leading up to the soldiers and the second leading down to a doorway in...

  • First Aid Practice First Aid Practice

    (art) Made by: Medley, Robert (RA) 1940

    image: a scene in a hall with large windows. Three soldiers are carrying a patient in a makeshift strecher on the left. In the background another soldier is practicing putting a sling on a patient who sits on a chair next to stack of furniture hung with...

  • Sitting Round the Stove Splicing Balloon Cords Sitting Round the Stove Splicing Balloon Cords

    (art) Made by: Sonnis, Alexander 1941

    image: A group of RAF personnel sit on benches circling a large black stove, which has a thick pipe that reaches to the ceiling. They are at work splicing balloon cords. One of them sits on a separate stool in the left foreground, facing the viewer.

  • Leslie Croft, GM : of Sheffield Leslie Croft, GM : of Sheffield

    (art) Made by: Wheatley, John (ARA)

    image: A head and shoulders portrait of Leslie Croft, who wears a beret and has the ribbon of a George Medal on his chest.

  • A.R.P. Messenger A.R.P. Messenger

    (art) Made by: Curr, Thomas 1940

    image: A male ARP messenger, wearing dark ARP uniform and steel helmet and with a messenger bag over his shoulders, is shown in profile riding a bicycle. In the background is a silhouetted cityscape, the dark sky illuminated by three searchlight beams.

  • Edward Roche : a head melter at a Sheffield munition factory Edward Roche : a head melter at a Sheffield munition factory

    (art) Made by: Wheatley, John (ARA)

    image: A head and shoulders portrait of Edward Roche wearing protective glasses pushed up onto his forehead.

  • Runaway Horse in an Air-raid alarm, London, Autumn 1939 Runaway Horse in an Air-raid alarm, London, Autumn 1939

    (art) Made by: Thornycroft, Priscilla (Artist) 1955

    image: a black horse falls in the gutter as it impales itself on some twisted railings. The horse bears its teeth as blood pours from its throat. In the background is a view along an empty, bombed London street.

  • 'Oh I was Very Lucky', London, 1944 'Oh I was Very Lucky', London, 1944

    (art) Made by: Thornycroft, Priscilla (Artist) 1979

    This darkly humorous image provides a startling counterpoint to the official art of the Second World War. Thornycroft did not have a commission or even a permit to draw the scenes she observed around her Camden Town home. This painting was made decades...

  • Food Van at the Royal Docks, London Women's Legion Food Van at the Royal Docks, London Women's Legion

    (art) Made by: Gledstanes, Elsie (RBA, FRSA) 1940

    image: Two women of the Women's Legion, both wearing uniform, unload wooden trays containing food from the back of a van. Another woman of the Women's Legion walks beside the van carrying a bucket. Two other similar vans and a few buildings of the dock...