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• Our First Glimpse of the Desert near Suez 'Convoy' series, 1941 - 1942

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1942

  image: 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.

• Alice Delysia gives a Concert Aboard a Fighting-French Warship

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1942

  image: A small room on a warship crowded with sailors listening to a concert given by a woman in uniform.

• A Parade of Druze Cavalry at Soueida, Jebel Druze

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1942

  image: A desolate, desert scene. Two rows of Arab horsemen are lined up playing a musical accompaniment to the parade on the left.

• Chahbar (Paved Roman Street) : a Druze village and Roman ruins

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1942

  image: 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.

• Interior

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1942

  image: 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.

• The Camp of the British Druze Regiment

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1941

  image: 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.

• Swimming Horses across the River Jordan

  (art) Made by: Moss, W P 1941

  image: British soldiers, stripped to their underwear, lead a row of swimming horses across the River Jordan.

• Rais Salleh Maaz

  (art) Made by: Moss, W P

  image: A portrait of Rais Salleh Maaz in uniform, wearing a headscarf. He is sitting on the floor in a tent. Through the entrance to the tent camels can be seen grazing outside.

• Naij el Ouss

  (art) Made by: Moss, W P 1942-09-05

  image: a half-length portrait of Naij el Ouss in uniform, wearing a headscarf with a band marked by a star badge.

• Farrier Sergeant Faris el Beini

  (art) Made by: Moss, W P 1942

  image: a half-length portrait of Farrier Sergeant Faris el Beini in uniform, wearing a headscarf.