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(art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1942
Our First Glimpse of the Desert near Suez
'Convoy' series, 1941 - 1942image: Through a network of rigging a sailor looks towards a mountainous coastline. A light anti-aircraft gun facing the sky is immediately to his right and four ships lie in the water before the coastline.
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(art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1942
Hospital Ships off Aden
'Convoy' series, 1941 - 1942image: A coastal landscape; a rocky, undulating mainland in the distance with hospital ships sailing in the sea in the foreground.
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(art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1942
Balloons and Scavenger Kites off Aden
'Convoy' series, 1941 - 1942image: A coastal landscape; rocky, undulating hills forming the backdrop for a coastal town. In the foreground, small passenger and fishing vessels sail in the sea.
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(art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1942
Alice Delysia gives a Concert Aboard a Fighting-French Warshipimage: A small room on a warship crowded with sailors listening to a concert given by a woman in uniform.
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(art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1942
A Parade of Druze Cavalry at Soueida, Jebel Druzeimage: A desolate, desert scene. Two rows of Arab horsemen are lined up playing a musical accompaniment to the parade on the left.
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(art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1942
Chahbar (Paved Roman Street) : a Druze village and Roman ruinsimage: a Druze soldier wearing desert gear and a head scarf stands to the left of a large paved area, surrounded by a high stone wall punctuated by blue doors. He is watched by several local women and children who standing the background.
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(art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1942
Constructing Coastal Schooners on the Ile de Rouad, Syriaimage: a seafront with the foreground dominated by the wooden hulls of two schooners under construction on the right. Children wander around amongst piles of logs on the shore. A busy quay side with moored fishing boats is visible in the background.
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(art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1942
Interiorimage: three officers sit at a table having tea with a woman in a blue uniform who is knitting. A pair of crutches leans on the arm of her chair. A fourth man is serving the tea in his shirtsleeves.
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(art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1941
The Camp of the British Druze Regimentimage: An encampment in the desert with horses and camels grazing and soldiers marching. In the foreground, three soldiers are in conversation and three dogs look on.
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(art) Made by: Moss, W P 1941
Swimming Horses across the River Jordanimage: British soldiers, stripped to their underwear, lead a row of swimming horses across the River Jordan.