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• Coastal Defences

  (art) Made by: Ravilious, Eric 1940

  image: a view looking down into a wide bay from the cliff tops. The curve of the land stretches along the left side of the composition, and a searchlight beams up into the sky further along the coast. Several small boats are seen motoring out to sea from...

• Land and People: Six - Suez Canal

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1947-02

  whole: the nine images occupy the majority, with the upper right image held within a narrow brown border. The title is integrated and positioned in the top left corner, in red and in brown. The text is separate and placed in the upper left and lower...

• Defend Your Freedom

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: the image is positioned in the upper two-thirds, held within a narrow white border. The title is integrated and placed along the top edge, in burgundy. The text is partially integrated and located in the lower half, in burgundy and in blue, held...

• Souscrivez à l'Emprunt de la Victoire - Cinq et un demi pour cent d'Intérêt Exempt d'Impot [Suscribe to the Victory Bond - Five and a half percent Interest Tax Free]

  (posters) Made by: Unknown

  whole: the main image is positioned upper centre held within a semi circular blue border, with two smaller images positioned lower right and lower left, both held within a blue border. The title is separate and positioned across the centre, in red and in...

• 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.

• Twilight on the Tigris, near Amara

  (art) Made by: Maxwell, Donald

  image: a view along the Tigris River near Amara at twilight, with a local boat moored on the right bank and a paddle steamer on the water in the distance.

• 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 Steamer and Barges on the Tigris

  (art) Made by: Maxwell, Donald

  image: a view from immediately behind a steamer, flanked by barges on either side, moving along the Tigris river. Another steamer appears to be further along the river, having sailed around a bend in the river.

• 'Puffing Billy' (S31) In Baghdad

  (art) Made by: Maxwell, Donald

  image: a starboard side view of a paddle steamer moving along the Tigris river at Baghdad, with buildings of the city on the riverbank in the background.

• Basra: The Venice of the East

  (art) Made by: Maxwell, Donald

  image: a local Marsh Arab boat sails along a picturesque stretch of the Tigris River at Basra. Palm trees and lush vegetation grow on the right bank, whilst there are a series of squat, square buildings on the left bank, with other local boats moored...