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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 'L' Press. Forging the Jacket of an 18-inch Gun: Armstrong-Whitworth Works, Openshaw, 1918 The 'L' Press. Forging the Jacket of an 18-inch Gun: Armstrong-Whitworth Works, Openshaw, 1918

    (art) Made by: Airy, Anna 1918

    image: The interior view of a munitions factory showing the manufacture of 18' guns with munition workers. A figure in suit and bowler hat stands in the foreground. There is a warm orange light spread over the scene emitted from the forge in the right of...

  • A Shell Forge at a National Projectile Factory, Hackney Marshes, London, 1918 A Shell Forge at a National Projectile Factory, Hackney Marshes, London, 1918

    (art) Made by: Airy, Anna 1918

    image: The interior view of a shell forge showing the glowing hot shell cases emerging from the furnaces on the left of the composition. Munitions workers man the furnaces on the left; in the foreground is the back of a worker leaning over a glowing hot...

  • National Service Women Clerks Wanted at Once National Service Women Clerks Wanted at Once

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

    whole: the main image occupies the centre third, held within a dark blue border. The title is separate and positioned in the upper third, in dark blue, and held within a dark blue border. A second smaller image is positioned top edge centre. The text is...

  • National Service - National Security - No Shirking National Service - National Security - No Shirking

    (posters) Made by: Unknown 1917

    whole: the image is positioned in the upper third. The title is separate and positioned in the lower two-thirds, in black. The text is separate and positioned in the lower quarter, also in black. Further text is integrated and positioned in the upper...

  • National Service National Service

    (posters) Made by: Scott, Septimus E (artist) 1917

    whole: the image occupies the majority, with a smaller image positioned in the upper right. The title is separate and positioned along the top edge, in white, held within a black area. The text is integrated and positioned in the lower quarter, in black...

  • Arf a 'Mo' Kaiser Arf a 'Mo' Kaiser

    (posters) Made by: Thomas, Bert (MBE) (artist) 1914

    whole: the image occupies the upper three-quarters, set against a plain white background. The title is positioned below the image, in black against a red background. Further text is located to the right, held within a white inset. image: a full-length...

  • 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...

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