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  • Kensington Palace and Allotments Kensington Palace and Allotments

    (art) Made by: Rushbury, Henry (Sir) (RA)

    image: a view of the red brick Kensington Palace with the surrounding grounds converted for use as allotments in the foreground. A few men and women are at work maintaining the plots, which appear full of vegetables.

  • The Eagle Hut, Aldwych The Eagle Hut, Aldwych

    (art) Made by: Rushbury, Henry (Sir) (RA)

    image: a view across the wooden buildings of the American YMCA Eagle Hut in Aldwych, constructed adjacent to St Mary le Strand church, which is visible immediately behind. Two horse-drawn carts full of American soldiers are on the road in front of the...

  • Trafalgar Square, October 1918 : War Savings Campaign: 'Feed the Guns' Trafalgar Square, October 1918 : War Savings Campaign: 'Feed the Guns'

    (art) Made by: Rushbury, Henry (Sir) (RA) 1918

    image: a view across Trafalgar Square in central London, which has been filled with a display to publicise the British war savings campaign. A large crowd of people mill around amongst a mock up of a Low Countries battlefield scene, complete with...

  • St James' Park : Temporary Government buildings. From the Foreign Office. St James' Park : Temporary Government buildings. From the Foreign Office.

    (art) Made by: Rushbury, Henry (Sir) (RA) 1918

    image: a view from a high position in the Foreign Office building across St James' Park in London, with temporary government buildings in the middle distance and Buckingham Palace in the background. The park's small lake is in the foreground and the...

  • Captured German Guns in the Mall, 1918 Captured German Guns in the Mall, 1918

    (art) Made by: Rushbury, Henry (Sir) (RA) 1918

    image: a crowd walk around amongst an array of captured German artillery guns, placed on display along the Mall, with Buckingham Palace in the background.

  • Searchlights Over London Searchlights Over London

    (art) Made by: Meteyard, T B 1917

    image: a view across the Thames showing searchlights in the night sky above the Palace of Westminster.

  • The Old Skating Rink. Aldwych : October 1915, a clearing house for Belgian refugees The Old Skating Rink. Aldwych : October 1915, a clearing house for Belgian refugees

    (art) Made by: Paterson, Emily M 1915-01-01

    image: view of large open structures; to the left a roofed building with pillars and windows, to the right a larger open area with a latticework of roof structures, possibly glazed, through which can be seen more distant buildings and trees. Various...

  • Kensington Gardens in War-time, 1914 Kensington Gardens in War-time, 1914

    (art) Made by: Bainbrigge, Edith M 1914

    image: a view of Kensington Palace from across the Round Pond in Kensington Gardens. On the far side of the lake is an encampment of white tents, with several figures visible.

  • The Workroom of the Gerrard's Cross War Hospital Supply Depôt The Workroom of the Gerrard's Cross War Hospital Supply Depôt

    (art) Made by: Davis, J Barnard 1918

    image: an interior scene of a room with nurses working at two long tables. The image is dominated by the greys and whites of their uniforms, and the bandages they are rolling. The nurses sit and stand, everyone absorbed in their work.

  • The Laboratory at Strand House, Portugal Street, London, 1917 The Laboratory at Strand House, Portugal Street, London, 1917

    (art) Made by: Chandler-Thomson, Kate 1917

    image: a view of the interior of a laboratory in London. Two scientists in white lab coats stand in the centre of the room looking at a bottle that the foremost man is holding. To the left another scientist in lab coat sits at a desk bench, with various...

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