Bairnsfather Collection (page 4)

Leave, by Bairnsfather
Leave A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather on the cover of The Bystander, 24 May 1916 1916

Those Tubular Trenches, by Bairnsfather
Those Tubular Trenches " Is this right for eadquarters?" " Yes, change at Oxford Circus" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander 1916

The Historical Touch, by Bairnsfather
The Historical Touch " Well, Alfred, ow are the cakes?" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander 1916

We Look Before -, by Bairnsfather
We Look Before - - And after A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander 1916

A Fragment From - Germany, by Bairnsfather
A Fragment From - Germany Hindenburg (home on weekend leave): " Look here, Frau H, if you want to stick nails into anything theres my statue outside" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather

That Hat, by Bairnsfather
That Hat " Pop out and get it, Bert" " Pop out yerself" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, featuring Old Bill and Bert 1916

Valuable Fragments from Flanders, by Bairnsfather
Valuable Frangments from Flanders It All Comes to this in Time " This interesting fragment found near Ypres (known to the ancients as Wipers)

Letting Himself Down, by Bairnsfather
Letting Himself Down Having omitted to remove the elastic band prior to descent, Herr Franz von Flopp feels that the trial exhibition of his new parachute is a failure

In Nineteen-Something, by Bairnsfather
In Nineteen-Something General Sir Ian Jelloid at Home Having picked up this cherished possession for a mere song at a sale near Verdun, the General has now let his country seat

Dawson Art Course advertisement
A page from The Bystander, 15 March 1916, advertising a postal art course under the tutelage of Mr Charles Dawson, described as one of Londons most successful designers of Pictorial Publicity

His Initiation, by Bairnsfather
His Initiation No 99988 Private Blobs (on sentry-go) feels that he has at last stumbled across the true explanation of that somewhat cryptic expression

William the Conqueror II, by Bairnsfather
William the Conqueror II " Where did ye get that, Bill?" " I ad it off a King" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, featuring Old Bill, returned home

Autres Temps, Outres Bills, by Bairnsfather
Autres Temps, Outr鳠 Bills (The French is Old Bills - ed) A pair of cartoons by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Annual 1918 Date: 1918

The Wisdom of Bill, by Bairnsfather
The Wisdom of Bill " Stick yer at pin into Douglas, Maggie. I ve known them things go off before now!" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1918

And No Indemnities, by Bairnsfather
And No Indemnities A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, in The Bystander Date: 1918

The Stuff to Give Em, by Bairnsfather
The Stuff to Give Em " yer don t want to shoot at blokes like these, Alf; yer wants Keatins powder sprinkled over em" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1918

The Wrong Theatre, by Bairnsfather
The Wrong Theatre Whenever that German searchlight is turned on our trench, we have a lot of trouble with Private Harold Montgomery (the ex-famous actor)

Looking for Trouble, by Bairnsfather
Looking for Trouble The rash habit Private Lovebird has of sharing the same periscope with the opposition across the way is bound to lead to trouble A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The

The Best Laid Schemes of Mice and Men, by Bairnsfather
The Best Laid Schemes of Mice and Men - Old Bill had thought of a splendid idea for the next battle, and, frankly, was rather hurt when a Staff Officer condemned it A cartoon by Captain Bruce

No Answer, by Bairnsfather
No Answer " Whats the matter with your ead Bill - Pelmanism? or caught it on a barrage?" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, featuring Old Bill Date: 1918

Its the Little Things that Worry, by Bairnsfather
Its the Little Things that Worry " It is an ancient campaigner, and he stoppeth one of three" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, featuring Old Bill 1918

A Sentimental Journey, by Bairnsfather
A Sentimental Journey I love motoring, but when Silas K. Huckleberry (the accredited war correspondent of the El Paso Pursuit) takes me out after a " sob stuff" story

The Outs and the Ins, by Bairnsfather
The Outs and the Ins A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1918

Chat at the Chateau, by Bairnsfather
Chat at the Chateau " No, one never could be quite certain of ones life in those days" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Two Americans

An In-fringe-ment, by Bairnsfather
An In-fringe-ment " Look ere Bert, if you wants to remain in this ere trench be ave yerself" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander featuring Old Bill and Bert Date: 1918

A Puzzle for Paderewski, by Bairnsfather
A Puzzle for Paderewski " Its a pity Alf ain t ere, Bert: e can play the piana wonderful" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1917

Duds, by Bairnsfather
" Duds" " Quoth the Raven"...! A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1917

Bairnsfather sketch in revue
A scene from a sketch, part of the revue See-Saw at the Comedy Theatre, based on the work of Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, and featuring his popular characters Bert, Alf, and Old Bill

Unappetising, by Bairnsfather
Unappetising Moments when Savoy, the Alhambra, and the Piccadilly Grill seem very far away (the offensive starts in half-an-hour) A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1917

That Periscope Sensation, by Bairnsfather
That Periscope Sensation " I wonder if oughtn t to tell the captain about that thing sticking up in the sea over there" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in an issue of The Bystander

In and Out (II. ), by Bairnsfather
In and Out (II.) The First Half Hour after " coming out" of those same trenches A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander 1916

Fragments from France promotion
A page from The Bystander, 26 January 1916 promoting Fragments from France which gathered a collection of cartoons by the popular illustrator, Captain Bruce Bairnsfather

Send a Bairnsfather Picture 1916
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather at work on a drawing, with six of his cartoons reproduced in miniature. These had been made available to purchase as colour prints, and would, The Bystander suggested

A Proposal in Flanders by Bairnsfather
Humours from the Front - No 31 A Proposal in Flanders The point of Jeans pitchfork awakens a sense of duty in a mine that shirked A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander

The Same Old Moon by Bairnsfather
Humours from the Front - No 30 The Same Old Moon A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, pointing out the rather different opinion of a full moon depending on the viewpoint

Somewhere in Flanders
A page from The Bystander, 22 December 1915, with an illustration by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather used as a header for the regular Somewhere in Flanders column

Bystander cover, by Bairnsfather
The cover of The Bystander, 22 December 1915, featuring an illustration by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather showing an office on leave 1915

The Push by Bruce Bairnsfather
The " Push" By one whos been pushed A cartoon in three parts by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander. Date: 1915

Our Democratic Army, by Bairnsfather
Humours from the Front - No 29 Our Democratic Army Member of navvies battalion (to Colonel): " I say, yer mates dropped is cane" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander

My Dug-Out, by Bairnsfather
My Dug-Out: A Lay of the Trenches A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, featuring his popular character, Old Bill 1915

That Thirst For Reprisals, by Bairnsfather
That Thirst for Reprisals " And me a rifle someone, I ll give these ___s ell for this" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander 1915

The Professional Instinct Again, by Bairnsfather
The Professional Instinct Again Keeping His Hand In Private Smith, the company bomber (formerly " Shinio", the popular juggler)

Thoroughness by Bairnsfather
Thoroughness " What time shall I call you in the morning, sir?" (Colonel Chutney, V.C. home on leave, decides to keep in touch with dug-out life)

Never Again! by Bairnsfather
Never Again! " In future I snipe from the ground" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander. A German sniper, stationed in a tree

Where to Live by Bairnsfather
Where to Live - (Advt) A mock advertisement by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather offering a dug-out in a trench for let. Date: 1915

From Our Artist Correspondent, by Bairnsfather
From Our Artist Correspondent at the Front " Dear Bystander, - We are at present staying at a farm..." A letter home gives a somewhat optimistic description of the locale

Bairnsfatherland
Bert: " Ere, ave a look at this photo of my bit ". Old Bill: " Hum! Yer likes em plain, I see" The work of Captain Bruce Bairnsfather is brought to life on the stage of

Curfew, by Bairnsfather
Curfew What particularly annoys Lieut. Jones, R.F.A. (who thought he could get a better view from the Belfry) is that irritating prediction which keeps passing through his head

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