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• BELGIAN ARTIST: EVERYDAY LIFE FOR JOHN CLUYSENAAR AND HIS FAMILY, BARTON ST DAVID'S, TAUNTON, SOMERSET, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Belgian artist John Cluysenaar relaxes with a book in front of the fire with his wife as his daughter Ann plays with her dolls beside them. One of Mr Cluysenaar's paintings can be seen displayed over the mantlepiece. According to the original caption,...

• BELGIAN ARTIST: EVERYDAY LIFE FOR JOHN CLUYSENAAR AND HIS FAMILY, BARTON ST DAVID'S, TAUNTON, SOMERSET, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Belgian artist John Cluysenaar spends time with his wife, daughter Ann, and their donkey, geese, turkey and chickens in the garden of their home in Barton St David's in Somerset. Ann is feeding the pet turkey 'Stripey' who, according to the original...

• BELGIAN ARTIST: EVERYDAY LIFE FOR JOHN CLUYSENAAR AND HIS FAMILY, BARTON ST DAVID'S, TAUNTON, SOMERSET, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Belgian artist John Cluysenaar feeds pet donkey 'Donk' in the garden of his home in Barton St David's in Somerset, as his wife and daughter Ann look on. Also visible is a selection of the poultry kept by the family.

• BELGIAN ARTIST: EVERYDAY LIFE FOR JOHN CLUYSENAAR AND HIS FAMILY, BARTON ST DAVID'S, TAUNTON, SOMERSET, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Belgian artist John Cluysenaar works in his studio at the family home in Barton St David's in Somerset. His daughter Ann watches him as he works. Many of his paintings can be seen around the room, as can one of his sculptures, on the right of the...

• RURAL WELFARE OFFICER: EVERYDAY LIFE FOR 'MRS R', HIGH WYCOMBE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  'Mrs R' (right), Welfare Officer for High Wycombe Rural District Council, pays a visit to a family who have just been found a cottage by the local billeting officer. Mrs R chats to the mother and her two children on the doorstep of their new home to...

• BELGIAN FISHERMEN IN BRIXHAM, DEVON, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  A group portrait of several members of the Major family with some of the furniture they brought with them from Belgium, at their home in Brixham, Devon. Monsieur Major, seen here smoking a pipe, served in the Belgian army during the First World War. He...

• JAMAICAN TECHNICIANS ARRIVE IN BRITAIN, UK, 1941

  part of "MINISTRY OF LABOUR SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Jamaican technician A E Vaz (right), newly-arrived in Britain, is greeted with a warm hand shake and a smile from his brother Fred (left). A E Vaz has travelled with a group of fellow technicians to Britain to train and work in factories in Merseyside...

• Worth Fighting For - Worth Saving For

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1944

  whole: the image occupies the majority. The title is partially integrated and placed in the lower quarter, in green cursive script. The text is separate and located across the bottom edge, in red. All set against a white background. image: a full-length...

• Even a Mite is a Great Help in War Savings

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: the image occupies the upper two-thirds. The title is separate and positioned in the lower third, in light blue cursive script, in white and in orange. The text is separate and placed in the lower right, in orange. The title and text are set...

• Air Defence is Home Defence

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: the image occupies the majority, with the title integrated and positioned in the upper half, in blue. The text is separate and placed across the bottom edge, in black, set against a white background. image: a depiction of a family having a picnic...