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  • Study for Oppy Wood, 1917 (IWM ART 2243) Study for Oppy Wood, 1917 (IWM ART 2243)

    (art) Made by: Nash, John (RA) 1917

    image: a squared up preparatory drawing for John Nash's painting 'Oppy Wood'. The lower half of the composition has a view inside a trench with duckboard paths leading to a dug-out to the right. Two British infantrymen stand on the firestep to the left,...

  • Study for 'Stand To' before Dawn. (No 1160) Study for 'Stand To' before Dawn. (No 1160)

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

    image: a squared up study of five British infantrymen at 'Stand To' in a front line trench at dawn. Four of the men stand on the firestep, carefully looking over the parapet towards No Man's Land. One of the men, in the centre, stands lower down in a...

  • Rosieres Valley, 1918 Rosieres Valley, 1918

    (art) Made by: Roberts, William (RA) 1918

    image: the figures of four stylised signallers laying a wire across a heavily battle-scarred landscape. Clouds of dark smoke billow from the ground not far away. There is a village on the horizon in the distance, and another in the valley beyond the...

  • Gunners. Turning Out for an SOS. Battery action at night Gunners. Turning Out for an SOS. Battery action at night

    (art) Made by: Roberts, William (RA) 1918

    image: a group of gunners of the Royal Field Artillery hurriedly emerging from a dugout, still dressing as they run towards a battery firing into the distance. A Sergeant stands to the left of the composition, holding a torch in his hand shining down at...

  • The Menin Road The Menin Road

    (art) Made by: Roberts, William (RA) 1917

    image: a view down the Menin Road in the Ypres sector of the Western Front. Two small columns of British troops march along the road, the foremost comprised of men of the Royal Field Artillery. Two ambulance trucks drive ahead of them. Alongside the road...

  • Don't Falter - Go and Meet the Hun Menace Don't Falter - Go and Meet the Hun Menace

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

    whole: the image covers the whole, with the title incorporated and arranged lower right, in red outlined black. All set against a brown background. image: in the background, the head of a German soldier wearing a pickelhaube appears in the smoke rising...

  • You! Can Help Save One Ship! You! Can Help Save One Ship!

    (posters) Made by: Mac 1941

    whole: the image occupies the majority, with a smaller image positioned along the bottom edge. The title is integrated and placed in the upper third, in red outlined black and in black, and in the lower third, in white outlined black. The text is...

  • [Meeting Over Berlin] [Meeting Over Berlin]

    (posters) Made by: KUKRYNIKSI (artist)

    whole: the image occupies the upper three-quarters, with the title placed top left, in black. Text is integrated with image, positioned centre left in black. Further text is set below, also in black. All set against a white background. image: a grey...

  • SOS from TOC H SOS from TOC H

    (posters) Made by: Kibbler, Dudley (artist) 1920

    whole: the image covers the majority, with the title integrated and placed across the top, in red outlined black. The text is integrated and positioned across the top quarter in white outlined black and in red outlined black. Further text is integrated...

  • Entering Damascus: Australians galloping along the Beyrout Road. Entering Damascus: Australians galloping along the Beyrout Road.

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1918-10-01

    image: a view of a column of mounted Australian troops riding down a tree-lined road. The column passes a wrecked artillery piece and dead horses lying on one side of the road. In the distance there is a town with twin minarets visible to the right of...

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