The Collection
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[4 untitled sketches]drawings/illustrations Volume 2, JM Sketchbooks: Preparatory sketches for "Promotion" and other images, drawn on field notebook paper Click to view… |
[inscription to daughter Adele]drawings/illustrations Volume 1, JM Sketchbooks, inscription: "To my Daughter Adele, These Sketches are not artistic productions nor are they to be regarded as such. If there is any interest attached to them it may be because they are not only drawn in France and Belgium, but most of them in the forward areas. Gruesome incidents I have omitted, as such are better executed by real artists at the real Base - JM 1917-1918." JM was likely a member of the Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery as the regimental crest and motto appear at the top of the page. Click to view… |
[untitled, on the march]drawings/illustrations Volume 1, JM Sketchbooks: Image of a column of soldiers on the march and mounted officer at night, with fires in the background. Click to view… |
2nd. ANZACdrawings/illustrations Volume 2, JM Sketchbooks: Image of an officer from the 2nd Australia and New Zealand Army Corps. 2nd ANZAC was formed in 1916. Click to view… |
A Relic of the Fight, by Frank Wrightpublications Illustration from The Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Gift Book, editied by George Goodchild: reproduction of "A Relic of the Fight," by Frank Wright. Read The Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Gift Book online at the above link (via the Internet Archive). Click to view… |
A Second Volume of Sketches Of the Wardrawings/illustrations Volume 2, JM Sketchbooks: Title page image of allies as triumphal knight on horseback with banner. Click to view… |
Belgium, by W.H. Caffynpublications Illustration from The Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Gift Book, editied by George Goodchild: reproduction of "Belgium," by W.H. Caffyn. Image is an allegorical figure of the nation of Belgium, weeping, dated 1914. Read The Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Gift Book online at the above link (via the Internet Archive). Click to view… |
Bomb Hole - 41 feet diametre, 18 feet deep. Crucifix Cornerdrawings/illustrations Volume 1, JM Sketchbooks: Image of a large bomb crater. Crucifix Corner was the name given to several road or track junctions on the Western Front where there was a wayside crucifix. Click to view… |
Canadian Gunpit, by Lieut P. Wyndham Lewispublications Illustration from Art and War - Canadian war memorials, a selection of the works executed for the Canadian war memorials fund to form a record of Canada's part in the great war and a memorial to those Canadians who have made the great sacrifice by P. G. Konody: reproduction of "Canadian Gunpit" by Lieut P. Wyndham Lewis Click to view… |