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  • A Whippet Tank A Whippet Tank

    (art) Made by: Adeney, W Bernard 1918

    image: a front view of a light Whippet Tank standing on broken ground with a row of trees in the background. Two heavy tanks are visible in the background, moving left to right.

  • A Tadpole Tank A Tadpole Tank

    (art) Made by: Adeney, W Bernard 1918

    image: a rear view of a Mark IV Male tank, adapted with a 'tadpole' tail not visible within the composition, moving up a bank of broken ground. The sky appears overcast, and a biplane is in flight in the upper left of the picture. The whole image is...

  • Twelve drypoints of the War 1914 -1918 - Whither? Whence? A Duck-walk in France 1916 Twelve drypoints of the War 1914 -1918 - Whither? Whence? A Duck-walk in France 1916

    (art) Made by: Smith, Percy Delf 1918

    image: A view across a barren battlefield with a duck-board track disappearing into the horizon.

  • Mejdel Yaba, 1918 Mejdel Yaba, 1918

    (art) Made by: Hurren, I 1918

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  • 'La Manière Française' - L'Emprunt de la Defense Nationale [The French Navy, National Defense Loan] 'La Manière Française' - L'Emprunt de la Defense Nationale [The French Navy, National Defense Loan]

    (art) Made by: Bonfils, Robert (artist) 1918

    image: A French farmworker in a blue smock and matching cap stands with his back towards the viewer against a small tree to his right. His spade rests against the tree. In both hands he carries small sacks of coins and surveys a snow covered village in...

  • 'La Manière Française' - La Réception des Zeppelins  [The French Navy, Dealing with the Zeppelins] 'La Manière Française' - La Réception des Zeppelins [The French Navy, Dealing with the Zeppelins]

    (art) Made by: Bonfils, Robert (artist) 1918

    image: A night scene on the rooftops of Paris during the first Zeppelin raid. In the foreground four figures look towards the heights of Montmartre, surmounted by the silhouette of Sacre-Coeur. Directly behind the basilica a searchlight beams upward from...

  • 'La Manière Française' - L'Accueil du Permissionaire [The French Navy, Welcomed Home on Leave] 'La Manière Française' - L'Accueil du Permissionaire [The French Navy, Welcomed Home on Leave]

    (art) Made by: Bonfils, Robert (artist) 1918

    image: A French poilu, home on leave, is embraced by his wife. In a red dress and standing on tiptoes she has her back to the viewer. In her left arm she holds a wailing baby, its head turned towards us. Her right arm is wrapped tightly around her...

  • 'La Manière Française' - En Alsace [The French Navy, In Alsace] 'La Manière Française' - En Alsace [The French Navy, In Alsace]

    (art) Made by: Bonfils, Robert (artist) 1918

    image: To the centre right of the composition there sits, beneath a blossoming cherry tree, the female personification of Alsace wearing her traditional costume and headdress. At her feet kneels a French poilu, his back to the viewer, presenting her with...

  • Les Trois Ans [The Three Ages (of French Soldiery)] Les Trois Ans [The Three Ages (of French Soldiery)]

    (art) Made by: Benito, Edouard-Garcia 1916

    image: Three French soldiers illustrate the development of the infantry uniform over three years. A central figure of a poilu in uniform of horizon blue in full kit of 1916 stands, legs apart, his head turned to the left facing a comrade of the previous...

  • Le Défi, 1915 [The Challenge, 1915] Le Défi, 1915 [The Challenge, 1915]

    (art) Made by: Bernard, Edouard 1915

    image: Marianne clad in bonnet rouge and diaphanous garment, blowing forward together with her hair, sits 'side-saddle' on the barrel of a French 75mm artillery piece, both facing left. With both her hands, the thumb of the right against the tip of her...

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