Boswell Gallery

English Cathedrals - The Cloister- Gloucester

English Cathedrals - The Cloister- Gloucester - View along high vaulted corridor. Part of Box 144 Boswell.Collection Wardle records that in 1058 Ealdred, Bishop of Worcester at the time, rebuilt the church of St Peter. The foundations of the present church were laid by Abbot Serlo (10721104). Walter Frocester (d. 1412) the abbey's historian, became its first mitred abbot in 1381. Until 1541, Gloucester lay in the see of Worcester, but the separate see was then constituted, with John Wakeman, last abbot of Tewkesbury, as its first bishop. Date: circa 1900

© The Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust / Mary Evans

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Tanganyika Plateau

Black and white lantern Slide of Tanganyika Plateau - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, Britrish South Africa. Boswell Collection. Slide number 22 Tanganyika Plateau - The Itombwe Mountains (or Itombwe Massif, Plateau) are a range of mountains in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). They run along the west shore of the northern part of Lake Tanganyika. They contain a vast area of contiguous montane forest and are home to a rich diversity of wildlife. Date: circa 1890s

© The Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust / Mary Evans

Kamerad in the Air by William C. Boswell

An aerial battle on the Western front with a German squadron seen in retreat with the last one (bottom right) being pursued by a British antagonist on her tail. Having possibly run out of ammunition the German gunner puts up his arms in surrender after which point the British planes permitted him to make a safe landing near the British lines as a prison-of-war. The Tatler comments that, the incident may account for some of the undamaged Boche planes which are to be seen at some of our aerodromes. Date: 1918

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans