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  • Study for 'Over The Top' (IWM ART 1656) Study for 'Over The Top' (IWM ART 1656)

    (art) Made by: Nash, John (RA) 1918

    image: a squared up preparatory drawing for the oil painting 'Over the Top' (IWM ART 1656). On the left, a red earth trench lined with duckboards stretches away from the viewer. A group of soldiers clamber from the trench, going 'over the top'. Two lie...

  • Hitler's Yacht 'Grille' in Asenfjord, near Trondheim Hitler's Yacht 'Grille' in Asenfjord, near Trondheim

    (art) Made by: Bone, Stephen 1945

    image: Side view of Hitler's yacht with two tenders alongside, moored in a wooded fjord.

  • Living Quarters on a Dispersed 'Z' (Rocket AA) Battery Site Living Quarters on a Dispersed 'Z' (Rocket AA) Battery Site

    (art) Made by: Sorrell, Alan 1943

    image: a hutted camp with Nissen huts set amongst trees, with RAF airmen walking and cycling along the road in the foreground, seemingly on their way back to the camp. On the corner of the side road that leads to the camp is a sign marked 'Z Site',...

  • 'Z' Rocket AA Battery in Action, 1941 'Z' Rocket AA Battery in Action, 1941

    (art) Made by: Macleod, William Douglas

    image: numerous manned Z-rocket launchers are positioned over a flat landscape, all firing upward. Trails from the projectiles and the beams of the launchers searchlights illuminate the night sky.

  • Indian Prisoners escaped from the Turks Indian Prisoners escaped from the Turks

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1918-11-08

    image: three Indian men, previously prisoners of Turkish forces, sit on the ground on a small earth mound. Behind them to the right an Indian Army trooper stands before some horses and a tent. Further back further horses are grazing on flat land near...

  • Australian Light Horse at Damascus Australian Light Horse at Damascus

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1918-10-04

    image: five troopers of the Australian Light Horse sit slumped on a wooden bench in the shade next to the wall of a building. To the right numerous horses are grazing on the flat ground of a valley, with some of the buildings on the outskirts of Damascus...

  • Babylon Babylon

    (art) Made by: Maxwell, Donald

    image: A view of the ruins of an ancient town seen from a rocky cliff.

  • Qalat Salih Qalat Salih

    (art) Made by: Maxwell, Donald

    image: a view along a wide section of the Tigris River at Qal'at Salih, with some local boats moored on the left bank and trees and vegetation on the horizon.

  • A Marsh Arabs' Bellam under Sail: Tigris A Marsh Arabs' Bellam under Sail: Tigris

    (art) Made by: Maxwell, Donald

    image: a sketch of a local sailing boat under sail, with the outline of a river bank in the background.

  • 'Tied Up' Steamers and Lighters waiting for Down-river Craft to pass in the Narrows, Tigris 'Tied Up' Steamers and Lighters waiting for Down-river Craft to pass in the Narrows, Tigris

    (art) Made by: Maxwell, Donald

    image: sketch of a river paddle steamer and other small craft, moored side-by-side on a bank of the Tigris River, with local huts adjacent to the right.

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