The Great War

This catalogue presents a view of the First World War through a multifarious record of two and three dimensional works of art: paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, reliefs, posters, postcards, photographs, silhouettes and ceramics appear in the following pages. The material has been grouped into 14 subsections under the general headings of Combat, The Home Front and The Aftermath. These groupings highlight the themes that inspired both the fine and popular arts, although some are looser in association than others, and none are mutually exclusive. The introduction gives a more general survey of the underlying factors that influenced or determined the visual responses to the First World War.†Although outside the remit of this catalogue, the accompanying exhibition includes other†wartime objects from the collection of David and Judith Cohen, including trench art, commemorative ware, sweetheart brooches, games, puzzles and miniatures.

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Works Featured in this catalogue

On Loan
Hubert Arthur Finney (1905 - 1991)
A formation of Douglas A-20 Havocs, early 1940’s
Hubert Arthur Finney (1905 - 1991)
A British Red Cross Society Volunteer 1941

£975.00

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Rene George Hermann-Paul (1864 - 1940)
Yser, November 1914
Rudolf Sauter (1895 - 1977)
Searchlights along the Thames Estuary, October 1940

£9,500.00

Alfred Kingsley Lawrence (1893 - 1975)
Spitfire No. 303 (Kosckiuszko) Squadron RAF, Summer 1941

£3,750.00

Rasmus Christiansen (1863 - 1940)
People on the quay at Tarbaek watch the Danish Navy sailing up through the Sound, 1st August 1914

£2,500.00

R.W. Parfit ()
Hun raider dropping a parachute mine in a South Coast harbour, c. 1940

£1,600.00

R.W. Parfit ()
Formation of German bombers escorted by fighters, 10th September 1940

£600.00

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R.W. Parfit ()
German flares and bomb blasts in Southern England, c. 1940
Alfred Kingsley Lawrence (1893 - 1975)
Sergt. Pilot J.C. McWilliams, 1942

£4,750.00

18 et 80, Adolescence et Vieillesse Dans une Fabrique Brittanique d’Obus

£195.00

Nous Progressons, 1914

£195.00

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Alan Sorrell (1904 - 1974)
Portrait of an RAF Officer
Isobel Atterbury Heath (1908 - 1989)
A Royal Navy Mine Sweeper in Dry Dock, circa 1940

£4,950.00

English School ()
They talked.. .. This happened

£400.00

Olive Mudie-Cooke (1890 - 1925)
Treport, 1920

£1,275.00

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Olive Mudie-Cooke (1890 - 1925)
Etaples Raids: Nurses & V.A.D.S. Camping Out in The Woods Drivers Standing By for Orders, circa 1920
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Olive Mudie-Cooke (1890 - 1925)
On The Somme
Olive Mudie-Cooke (1890 - 1925)
St. Martin, Ypres, circa 1920

£295.00

Muirhead Bone (1876 - 1953)
Convoy, including a ship with dazzle camouflage

£1,000.00

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Muirhead Bone (1876 - 1953)
Lieut. Col. J.Y. Campbell V.C.D.S.O., Coldstream Guards, 1916
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Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)
Red Cross nurse knitting socks, 1941
English School ()
He talked.. ..This Happened, circa 1940

£400.00

English School ()
She Talked.. ..This Happened

£400.00

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Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Gas Mask Drill, Ambleside, circa 1942
Nos Chefs – General de Castelnau, General Joffre, General Pau circa 1916

£200.00

Karl Hagedorn (1889 - 1969)
Reclining soldier, circa 1916

£575.00

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Karl Hagedorn (1889 - 1969)
A Camp in Flanders
Robert Austin (1895 - 1973)
Evening, 1940

£380.00

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Muirhead Bone (1876 - 1953)
Study of a wounded Tommy
Forthcoming
Muirhead Bone (1876 - 1953)
Study for Winter Mine-Laying off Iceland, c.1942, cat 7
Forthcoming
Muirhead Bone (1876 - 1953)
Study for Winter Mine-Laying off Iceland, c.1942, cat 4
Sold
Muirhead Bone (1876 - 1953)
Study for Winter Mine-Laying off Iceland, c.1942, cat 8
Blitz, 1944

£1,975.00

Barnett Freedman (1901 - 1958)
15-inch Gun Turret, HMS Repulse, 1941

£975.00

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Ablain St. Nazaire with barrage balloon, circa 1917
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Edgar Holloway (1914 - 2008)
The Airman II, circa 1940
Sold
John Edgar Platt (1886 - 1967)
A Near Miss
Forthcoming
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Study of a soldier for Our Lady of Mercy, 1942
Forthcoming
Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)
Study for the background to The Queue at the Fish Shop
Sold
Fleeing woman
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English School ()
Shelter with discarded munitions cases, Sinai Desert, 1916-17
Une Victime, circa 1918

£650.00

Le Defenseur de Paris, circa 1918

£650.00

Stanley Lewis (1905 - 2009)
Canvas protective pack, probably for a high frequency radio receiver, circa 1942

£120.00

Stanley Lewis (1905 - 2009)
High frequency radio receivers.,study for The Searchlight, circa 1942

£175.00

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Olive Mudie-Cooke (1890 - 1925)
Night: Convoy, Camiers
Olive Mudie-Cooke (1890 - 1925)
Rouen. The Drivers Hut, circa 1918

£340.00

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Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)
Studies for Putting on Anti-Gas Protective Clothing, study D
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Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)
Studies for Putting on Anti-gas Protective Clothing, 1940, study b.
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Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)
Studies for Putting on Anti-gas Protective Clothing, 1940, study c.
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Portrait of an American Captain, VII Corps, early 1940’s
Sir Thomas Monnington (1902 - 1976)
Study with colour notes for Clouds and Spitfires, circa 1943

£400.00

Sir Thomas Monnington (1902 - 1976)
Overflying aeroplanes, study for Clouds and Spitfires, circa 1943

£400.00

Sir Thomas Monnington (1902 - 1976)
Compositional and cloud study for Southern England, 1944. Spitfires Attacking Flying-Bombs

£420.00

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Sir Thomas Monnington (1902 - 1976)
Interception practice over North Sea, study for Fighter Affiliation : Halifax and Hurrican
Sir Thomas Monnington (1902 - 1976)
Study for Clouds and Spitfires,(7.11.44)

£300.00

Sir Thomas Monnington (1902 - 1976)
Bomb damage to a stone masonary column, Antwerp, circa 1944

£325.00

Peter Humphrey (1913 - 2001)
Study for Bomb damaged houses, Coventry, c.1942

£225.00

Ludovic-Rodolphe (RODO) Pissarro (1878 - 1952)
Back to the Land “Farming”

£3,800.00

Ludovic-Rodolphe (RODO) Pissarro (1878 - 1952)
“Munitionnette”

£3,800.00

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Sir Thomas Monnington (1902 - 1976)
Bomb Store under Camouflage Netting, circa 1940
Forthcoming
Kit Bag, c.1940
Sold
Louis Keene (1888 - 1972)
Alert near Aldershot during the Battle of Britain, 1940
Sold
Stephen Bone (1904 - 1958)
Map of South Africa
Sold
Auguste Gorguet (1862 - 1927)
Concordia
Sinking of “Scharnhorst” 26.12.1943

£1,575.00

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H.M.S.Hood & “Prince of Wales” 5.30 am 24 May 1941
‘H.M.A.S.”Perth” March 1st 1942’

£1,575.00

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Charles Cundall (1890 - 1971)
Flagship of the anti-submarine training school at Tobermory with a small steam yacht alongside, c.1942
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Charles Cundall (1890 - 1971)
Royal naval vessels in harbour
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Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)
Greeting card, with space for a small calendar, c.1943 [HMO 81]
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Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)
An early study for Josephs Dream, c. 1938 [HMO 122]
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Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)
Preliminary study for the diptych Josephs Dream, c.1938 [HMO 279a]
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Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)
Top half of sketch for Potato Sorting, Berwick,1943 [HMO 312]
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Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)
Senior Sister PMRAF Nursing Service [HMO 55]
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Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)
Study of Land Girls in training [HMO 709]
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Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)
Study for the background to The Queue at the Fish Shop, 1942 [HMO 584]
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Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)
Study at Sparsholt Farm Institute for A Land Girl and the Bail Bull, 1944 [HMO 39]
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Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)
Study of tractor at Sparsholt Farm Institute, 1940 [HMO 281]
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Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)
Portrait of Flying Officer Roger Folley, RAFVR [HMO 280]
Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)
Studies for Various Womens Land Army Activities, Including Singling Turnips [HMO 313]

£2,900.00

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Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)
Study for vegetable cultivation at Sparsholt Farm Institute, 1940 [HMO 425]
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Fortunino Matania (1881 - 1963)
Upper class diners at The Savoy on election night, 1922
Fortunino Matania (1881 - 1963)
H.R.H. King George V with his Navy – An Impression at Spithead, June 24, 1911

£1,800.00

English School ()
ARP versus IRA

£375.00

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Olive Mudie-Cooke (1890 - 1925)
Bull-Ring, Etaples, ‘Star-Shells’ & The Camiers Convoy
Sold
Charles Cundall (1890 - 1971)
Study for Lancasters
Sold
Stephen Bone (1904 - 1958)
The night watch, (Normandy landings), 1944
Sold
Charles Cundall (1890 - 1971)
A Royal Fleet Auxiliary oil tanker of the Wave class, circa 1942
Charles Cundall (1890 - 1971)
Study for The Hipper at Kiel, c. 1945

£1,575.00

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Frederick Carter (1883 - 1967)
The Choice
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Frederick Carter (1883 - 1967)
The Angel of Fire c. 1918
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Sir Thomas Monnington (1902 - 1976)
Study of Flight trajectories and clouds, c. 1943
Sir Thomas Monnington (1902 - 1976)
Exploding bombs and rockets, study for Clouds and Spitfires, circa 1944

£675.00

Sir Thomas Monnington (1902 - 1976)
View from the cockpit, circa 1944

£725.00

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Sir Thomas Monnington (1902 - 1976)
Study for Fortresses
Sir Thomas Monnington (1902 - 1976)
Study for Fighter Affiliation: Halifax and Hurricane Aircraft Co-Operating in Action, c. 1943

£350.00

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Sir Thomas Monnington (1902 - 1976)
Study for Radar Unit, 1944
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Ships cannons
H. Scott Orr (1881 - 1972)
The Theatreland Raid, 13th October 1915

£12,000.00

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Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)
My Little WAAF, 1944 [HMO 780]
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Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)
Study for an unidentified WAAF (Womens Auxiliary Air Force) member, painted at RAF South Cerney, Gloucestershire, in July 1944. [HMO 773]
Shelter Scene, 1941

£300.00

Frederick Carter (1883 - 1967)
The Babe of Fire, circa 1915

£1,900.00

Frank Brangwyn (1867 - 1956)
Study for cover “The National Institute for the Blind” (B2910)

£1,950.00

Frederick Carter (1883 - 1967)
The Four Winds of the Apocalypse, 1925

£240.00

PAX – Gui le Armi! (Pax – put down your weapons!)

£265.00

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Rene George Hermann-Paul (1864 - 1940)
Standard Bearer in Mourning
Stereoscopic print: North Staffords on the march in France.

£235.00

French postcard – Angleterre, circa 1917

£165.00

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Stereoscopic print: The Empire pays homage to its victorious warriors on Peace Day – The Lord Mayor taking the salute.
Stereoscopic print: Lord Kitchener with the Lord Mayor addressing a recruiting meeting

£430.00

Stereoscopic print: The Golden sun goes down in peace o’er the desolate waste of “No man’s Land” on the Somme.

£235.00

Our Hospital ABC, 1916

£200.00

No. 1 British Red Cross Society Hospital (10 photographs)

£1,050.00

French postcard – Remerciements d’un convalescent

£430.00

Stereoscopic print; Hundreds of captured German guns in a gun park at Brussels.

£215.00

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Official photograph taken on the Western Front “D 1641. One of our Tanks at FLERS.”
Stereoscopic print: Under cover of gas and smoke we break through to the Serre and Thiepval (photo from captured prisoner).

£265.00

Stereoscopic print: Disaster on the Dunes; the Huns blow up the last bridge and isolate our hard-pressed battalions.

£360.00

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Official photograph issued by Associated Illustration Agencies Ltd. “D 2475: View on one of the squares in Arras…”
Theophile Alexandre Steinlen (1859 - 1923)
Il prend la poudre

£550.00

Marechal Foch – Notre Vainqueur

£265.00

Stereoscopic print: Capture of a Hun blockhouse in the Hindenburg Line at Croiselles…

£235.00

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Official photograph taken on the Western Front: C.2224 The Battle of Flanders…
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Official photograph issued by the Press Bureau “Great British Advance in the West, C.2266…”
Stereoscopic print: The trail of smoke from the burning remnants of an enemy observation balloon

£310.00

Stereoscopic print: A squadron of giant planes…

£310.00

Stereoscopic print: Triumph of our Navy

£215.00

Stereoscopic print: An exciting chase. British destroyers on the track of a German submarine

£215.00

French postcard – ‘Miao’ Comme les Minets…

£265.00

Official photograph taken on the Western Front. “D.1881. A battery of heavy howizers pounding the German trenches.”

£990.00

Letterbox

£95.00

Stereoscopic print: H.R.H. the Prince of Wales discussing cinematography with Mr. Girdwood.

£265.00

Stereoscopic print: Dead Jerry found in our wire after a futile night raid on our lines at Givenchy.

£265.00

The photograph which possibly inspired Jones’ drawing.

£95.00

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English School ()
Cover of one of the publications from Country Life’s series ‘British Artists at the Front’, 1916-1917
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Official photograph taken on the Western Front “D 2114. The Battle of the Bridges…”
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La Pace Tedesca (German Peace), c. 1918
Pierre Abadie-Landel (1896 - 1972)
Les Joies du Poilu [The Pleasures of the Poilu], set of 6

£3,800.00

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A 6 pounder Hotchkiss Gunpowder filled tank shell, engraved with a flower and laurel wreath.
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Charles Cundall (1890 - 1971)
D69 -HMS Vendetta, circa 1940
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English School ()
British postcard Coming down! Image of “Kaiser Bill” in the guise of a Zeppelin, coming down in flames
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Albert de Belleroche (1864 - 1944)
Nurse
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Encampment

£2,900.00

Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Street scene – design for a mural, circa 1925

£2,900.00

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He s Happy & Satisfied Are You? Enlist To-Day original Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster No 96