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• A Battery Shelled

  (art) Made by: Lewis, Percy Wyndham 1919

  image: Three officers stand to the left of the composition beside a pile of ammunition boxes. Each looks in a different direction. One has his back to the viewer and looks out over the scene of the painting. There are marionette-like figures moving over...

• The Ypres Salient at Night

  (art) Made by: Nash, Paul (artist) 1918

  image: A night scene showing three soldiers on the fire step of a trench surprised by a brilliant star shell lighting up the view over the battlefield. On the left there is a flooded shell-hole, beyond which stand three other soldiers, overlooked by a...

• A Daylight Raid On London, 7th July 1917: Seen from the roof of the Royal College of Science with the Brompton Oratory in the foreground

  (art) Made by: Arnold, Norman G 1918

  image: A view from West to East across to the centre of London from South Kensington. The the Brompton Oratory is in the right foreground. Anti-aircraft shell-bursts can be seen in the sky.

• An October Night Raid on London, 1917: Seen from the Royal College of Science

  (art) Made by: Arnold, Norman G 1918

  image: A view of a night-time raid over London showing anti-aircraft search-lights in the sky. The dome of the Brompton Oratory lies to the left of the composition.

• 'Stand To' Before Dawn

  (art) Made by: Nash, John (RA) 1918

  image: British infantrymen stand-to in a duckboarded trench. They lean against the parapet looking over the breastworks into No Man's Land, with their rifles beside them. There are two large puffs of smoke from artillery fire hanging in the dawn sky to...

• Study for 'Over The Top' (IWM ART 1656)

  (art) Made by: Nash, John (RA) 1918

  image: a squared up preparatory drawing for the oil painting 'Over the Top' (IWM ART 1656). On the left, a red earth trench lined with duckboards stretches away from the viewer. A group of soldiers clamber from the trench, going 'over the top'. Two lie...

• 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,...

• The Old German Front Line, Arras, 1916

  (art) Made by: Sims, Charles (RA) 1919

  image: A view across a battle scarred landscape in northern France. In the foreground are the remains of the old German front line, with the remains of dugouts, trenches and shell craters in the chalky soil in the foreground. In the distance are fields...

• 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

  (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...

• During a Battle

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

  image: three British soldiers in yellow stand on a mound while a field gun pulled by horses moves past. A stretcher party bearing a figure in yellow walks out of the composition to the right and an infantryman of the Royal Scots Fusiliers stands guard in...

• 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...

• Signallers

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

  image: a scene with six British signallers laying a wire in a trench. The two men in the centre appear to be shouting at one another, perhaps as a result of the noise of artillery fire, and the others look on, transfixed in their pose. A wounded man lies...

• 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...

• Landscape with Flowering Trees, 1911-1912

  (art) Made by: Rosenberg, Isaac 1911

  image: A countryside scene with a village and a tree in the left foreground.

• A Blockhouse Somewhere in England

  (art) Made by: Duffy, Louis 1943

  image: a blockhouse in a rural location. In the foreground there are six girders sunk into the ground, surrounded by rocks and cast concrete forms. In the background there is a row of similar concrete blocks running along the edge of a plowed field on a...

• 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...

• Wings Over Scotland

  (art) Made by: Henderson, Keith (OBE) 1940

  image: An aerial view of the Scottish landscape from an aircraft, with one of the plane's wings in the left foreground. Below are a few buildings clustered together, a few fields, a curved and narrow wood and what appears to be a river.

• Buy War Savings Certificates

  (posters) Made by: Burton, Charles (artist) 1919

  whole: the image is placed at the top, held within a black frame, with the title and text below. All set against a deep blue background. Image: Under a yellow sky a farmworker, foreground left, drives a tractor, ploughing a field. A red roofed farmhouse...

• War Weapons Week April 8th to 13th

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1918-03

  whole: the main title is placed across the top in yellow, with the text and image below. All held within a black border. image: a British tank moves from the the background right to the foreground left, over barbed-wire and with its guns firing. In the...

• The Tank Tour

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1918-06

  whole: the main title is placed across the top in blue and held within a scroll design which also provides a blank area for additional text. The text and image are positioned below, all held within a black border. image: a British tank moves from the the...

• War Weapons Week April 8th to 13th

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1918-03

  whole: the main title is placed across the top in yellow, with the text and image below. All held within a black border. image: two British soldiers operate a Vickers heavy machine-gun from a sand-bagged position in the foreground right. The first...

• War Weapons Week April 8th to 13th

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1918-03

  whole: the main title is placed across the top in yellow, with the text and image below. All held within a black border. image: a rear view of a biplane flying away from the viewer. The plane carries the insignia of the RFC and flies over the coastline....

• War Weapons Week April 8th to 13th

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1918-03

  whole: the main title is placed across the top in yellow, with the text and image below. All held within a black border. image: a seaplane flying towards the viewer and bearing the insignia of the RFC. The plane flies over the coastline away from four...

• Plan Your Future - Save With a Plan

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1945

  whole: the six images occupy the majority. The title is separate and positioned in the upper quarter, in black. The main text is partially integrated and placed with each image as a caption, in red held within white insets, and separate and located in...

• Their Future - Worth Fighting For - Worth Saving For!

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1944

  whole: the image is positioned in the upper three-quarters. The title is integrated and located in the upper left and upper centre, in yellow. The text is separate and placed in the lower third, in blue cursive script, in red, and in brown held within a...

• Worth Fighting For - Worth Saving For!

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1944

  whole: the ten images occupy the majority, held within white insets. The title and text are separate and placed at the centre, in dark red, and along the bottom edge, in red and in black. Further text is integrated and placed beneath each image as a...

• For Britain - Keep on Saving

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1945

  whole: the nine images occupy the majority, held within white and grey borders. The title and text are separate and placed in the upper centre, centre and along the bottom edge, in red cursive script. Further text is partially integrated and placed...

• Why Spend Your Money Like This?

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1943-05

  whole: the two images are positioned in the upper four-fifths. The title and text are separate and positioned in the upper fifth, in green, centre right, in red, and in the lower fifth, in white held within a green inset. All set against a white...

• Let Us take the Risks of Peace Upon Ourselves, Not Impose the Risks of War Upon the World

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1965

  whole: The image fills the whole design with text in black incorporated within it towards the top. All is set against a plain white background. image: Some abstract shapes in black and red with a white dove of peace set against the large black shape....

• The British Army

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1914

  whole: the image occupies the main, with the title and accompanying text positioned across the top in white. Further text is placed along the bottom in white and black. All are set against a brown background. image: the main image depicts a group British...

• Man the Barrage

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: the image is positioned in the upper half. The title and text are separate and located in the lower half, in red, in blue and in black, set against a white background. image: a depiction of two barrage balloons moored with cables to three motor...

• Land and People: Four - Greece

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1946-08-24

  whole: the eight images occupy the majority, with the seven upper images each held within a narrow brown border. The title is separate and positioned in the upper fifth, in red and in brown, held within a decorative red and brown border. The text is...

• Land and People: One

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1946-06

  whole: the seven images occupy the majority. The title is separate and positioned across the top edge, in black, held within an orange inset. The text is separate and placed down the centre, in black, and with each image as a caption, in orange. All set...

• 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...

• For Britain

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: the image occupies the upper three-quarters, held within a yellow border. The title is integrated and positioned in the upper left, in yellow. The text is separate and placed in the lower quarter, in brown and in black, set against a yellow...

• 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...

• RAAF Beaufighters in Action

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1944-01

  whole: the image occupies the upper three-quarters, with a smaller image located in the lower left. The title and text are separate and placed in the lower quarter, in black and in red, set against a yellow background. image: an aerial depiction of two...

• Pro Patria

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1914

  whole: the image occupies the left half. The title is integrated and positioned across the top edge left, in black. The text is separate and placed in the right half, also in black, and set against a white background. image: a full-length depiction of a...

• Ricordate

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1943

  whole: the three images are positioned in the lower quarter. The title and main text is separate and placed in the centre, in black, held within a white circular inset. Further text is separate and located in the upper centre, in white, held within a red...

• Chaque Piastre Depensée au Pays - Emprunt de la Victoire [Every Farthing Spent in the Country - Victory Loan]

  (posters) Made by: Unknown

  whole: the image covers the whole, with the title integrated and positioned upper left, in white. The subtitle is integrated and positioned diagonally from the centre to the upper right, in brown. The text is also integrated and positioned lower centre,...

• Every Dollar Spent in Canada - Victory Loan

  (posters) Made by: Unknown

  whole: the image covers the whole, with the title integrated and positioned upper left, in white. The subtitle is integrated and positioned diagonally from centre to upper right, in brown, and the text is integrated and positioned lower centre, in yellow...

• 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...

• [Arabic text] [The Downfall of the Dictators is Assured]

  (posters) Made by: Unknown

  whole: the image is positioned in the upper three-quarters. The title and text are separate and placed in the lower quarter, in black. All set against a yellow background. image: a depiction a raid by British heavy bomber aircraft on a northern Italian...

• Facilitons la Vente de nos Produits en Souscrivant à l'Emprunt de la Victoire [Let’s Make it Easier to Sell our Goods by Subscribing to the Victory Loan]

  (posters) Made by: Unknown

  whole: the image occupies the upper three-quarters. The title is separate and positioned in the lower quarter, in green and in yellow, against a black background. All held within a narrow black border and a wide grey border. image: a full length...

• Back Them Up!

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: the image is positioned in the upper three-quarters. The title and text are separate and placed in the lower quarter, in black. All set against a yellow background. image: a depiction a raid by British heavy bomber aircraft on a northern Italian...

• [Persian Text]

  (posters) Made by: Unknown

  whole: the image is positioned in the upper three-quarters. The title and text are separate and placed in the lower quarter, in black. All set against a yellow background. image: a depiction a raid by British heavy bomber aircraft on a northern Italian...

• Tough Tactics

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1942-10

  whole: the image occupies the whole. The title is integrated and positioned in the upper quarter, in black. The text is integrated and placed in the lower quarter, also in black. image: full-length depictions of a British and German soldier engaged in...

• Zeppelins Over Your Town

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: the image occupies the whole, with the title integrated and positioned in the upper half, and the text integrated and positioned in the lower quarter, both in white outlined black. A blank text box with a white background and held within a black...

• Who'll Help Mrs Harrison?

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: the image is positioned in the upper half, with the title and text are separate and placed in the lower half, in black. All set against a white background. image: a shoulder-length depiction of a young girl sewing. The background behind her is...