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• Death of Achilles

  (art) Made by: Robb, Carole 1996

  image: Achilles lies on his back in bed with his arms behind his head. Above him, through a window we see an erupting volcano. In the foreground of the painting a naked figure with a blank face lying on her back on the floor, her feet resting against the...

• Lancastria

  (art) Made by: O'Donoghue, Hughie 1999

  image: A sepia toned photographic image of the SS Lancastria sinking at St Nazaire. The surface of the image has been modified with colour and texture giving the sky an orange glow and appearance of smoke. The name of the ship has been written across the...

• Left half of the body of a sniper suit with camouflage pattern

  (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: Tudor-Hart, Percyval 1917

  whole: The left half of the body part of a sniper suit, hand-painted with a striped zig-zag camouflage pattern in green, brown, blue, purple and yellow. The design is divided by parallel straight lines of alternating narrow green and purple rectangles....

• Sleeve of camouflaged sniper suit

  (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: Tudor-Hart, Percyval 1917

  whole: A two-part left sleeve of sniper suit, hand-painted with a striped green, brown, blue, purple and yellow zig-zag camouflage pattern to all edges, except between the pleats at the cuff. The curved piece is the top of the sleeve and when it is fully...

• Rectangular sample of camouflage pattern

  (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: Tudor-Hart, Percyval 1917

  whole: A large rectangle of linen, hand-painted with a striped zig-zag camouflage pattern in green, brown, blue, purple, yellow and orange. The design is divided by parallel straight lines of harlequin-quartered alternating green and purple rectangles.

• Camouflage sample

  (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: Tudor-Hart, Percyval 1917

  whole: A square piece of linen, hand-painted with a striped zig-zag camouflage pattern in greens, browns, blues, purples and reds. The pattern is divided by straight parallel lines of green and purple. There are colour notes written in pencil on certain...

• The Contents of a Red Cross Parcel, 1944

  (art) Made by: Worsley, John 1944

  image: an open cardboard box with a red cross marked on it is positioned on a wooden stool. Some of the contents of the box, including a tin of Klim powdered milk, cartons of Players cigarettes, a tin of Maple Leaf Butter and a chocolate bar, are placed...

• War Work Volunteers

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1917

  Handwritten paper label glued to manilla card states 'Specimen of Poster, 'Situations Vacant', exhibited at the Government Information Bureau' PST 21358 is a full size version of the published poster, without local text

• ARP/Civil Defence Worker, 1943

  (art) Made by: Sutton, R Fran 1943

  image: A portrait of a man in a dark blue greatcoat with insignia indicating he is a member of the London County Council Heavy Rescue Service, possibly either a Depot Rescue Foreman or a Rescue Clerk of Works. He wears a dark blue beret bearing the...

• If You Are Bombed Out... Ask a Policeman or Your Warden Where to Find a Rest Centre

  (posters)

  whole: the image is positioned in the upper half with text displayed above and below in black, blue and red. All are set against a plain white background. image: a policeman walking next to an ARP warden, the former slightly higher than the latter, both...