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Bruce Collection (page 6)

Background imageBruce Collection: Tessyman family, seaweed farmers, Dartmouth, Devon

Tessyman family, seaweed farmers, Dartmouth, Devon
Tessyman family, seaweed farmers, in their attic laboratory: father George Tessyman, his two sons John and Bruce, and a family friend, John Earl (left)

Background imageBruce Collection: HMS Bruce, British destroyer, Kowloon harbour, Hong Kong

HMS Bruce, British destroyer, Kowloon harbour, Hong Kong
HMS Bruce, British destroyer, in Kowloon harbour, Hong Kong, China. circa 1933

Background imageBruce Collection: Music cover, Pearl of the East Waltz

Music cover, Pearl of the East Waltz, by Ronald Bruce. 1920

Background imageBruce Collection: Music cover, Schottisch Artistique by Jules Denault

Music cover, Schottisch Artistique by Jules Denault
Music cover, Schottisch Artistique, a Bohemian-style folk dance, written for piano by Jules Denault. circa 1850s

Background imageBruce Collection: Caricature of Wilkie Collins and Edgar Bruce

Caricature of Wilkie Collins and Edgar Bruce
Caricature of William Wilkie Collins (left, 1824-1889), English novelist, playwright and short story writer, and Edgar Bruce (right, 1845?-1901), actor-manager

Background imageBruce Collection: Caricature of Squire Bancroft and Edgar Bruce

Caricature of Squire Bancroft and Edgar Bruce
Caricature of Sir Squire Bancroft (1841-1926) and Edgar Bruce (1845?-1901), both actor-managers. Bancroft is portrayed as Shylock wanting his pound of flesh

Background imageBruce Collection: Bruce Bairnsfather, The Herald of the Dawn

Bruce Bairnsfather, The Herald of the Dawn. 1914-1918

Background imageBruce Collection: James 9th Earl of Elgin

James 9th Earl of Elgin
JAMES BRUCE, eighth earl of ELGIN Statesman and diplomat, governor-general of India. Date: 1811 - 1863

Background imageBruce Collection: Christian Css. Devonshire

Christian Css. Devonshire
CHRISTIAN countess of DEVONSHIRE, nee Bruce wife of William Cavendish, second earl. Date: 1595 - 1674

Background imageBruce Collection: Robert Earl Ailesbury

Robert Earl Ailesbury
ROBERT BRUCE, 1st earl of AILESBURY and 2nd earl of Elgin Statesman and courtier Date: ? - 1685

Background imageBruce Collection: Lord Aberdare (Photo)

Lord Aberdare (Photo)
Henry Austin Bruce, first baron ABERDARE statesman Date: 1815 - 1895

Background imageBruce Collection: Camille Clifford with fiance

Camille Clifford with fiance
Camille Clifford, Actress, with her fiance The Honourable Henry Lyndhurst Bruce Date: 1906

Background imageBruce Collection: R Bruce Cotton (Somer)

R Bruce Cotton (Somer)
sir ROBERT BRUCE COTTON antiquary and collector Date: 1571 - 1631

Background imageBruce Collection: R Bruce Cotton (Johnson)

R Bruce Cotton (Johnson)
sir ROBERT BRUCE COTTON antiquary and collector Date: 1571 - 1631

Background imageBruce Collection: Henry Bruce

Henry Bruce
HENRY AUSTIN BRUCE 1ST BARON ABERDARE English politician Date: 1815 - 1895

Background imageBruce Collection: G Stephenson - New Castle

G Stephenson - New Castle
George Stephenspon (1781 - 1848) Bruces School, Newcastle, where the engineer studied

Background imageBruce Collection: 1st Baron Aberdare

1st Baron Aberdare
HENRY AUSTIN BRUCE, 1ST BARON ABERDARE Statesman 1815 - 1895

Background imageBruce Collection: James Bruce in Africa

James Bruce in Africa
Explorer James Bruce reaches the source of the Blue Nile in Africa Date: 1770

Background imageBruce Collection: Photo of Carry on, Sergeant by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather

Photo of Carry on, Sergeant by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather
Black and white photographs in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 21st November 1925 showing cast members from Carry on, Sergeant

Background imageBruce Collection: Abyssinian hyena, Hyaena aethiopicus

Abyssinian hyena, Hyaena aethiopicus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or, Complete Cabinet of the Curiosities and Beauties of Nature (1798-1802)

Background imageBruce Collection: Beechams Pills advertisement by Bruce Bairnsfather

Beechams Pills advertisement by Bruce Bairnsfather
Take Beechams Pills if you have the hump! Humorous cartoon of a boy on a camel. Unsigned by clearly by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather who seems to have secured a series of advertisements for Beechams

Background imageBruce Collection: Canada For Ever

Canada For Ever
Illustration by Bruce Bairnsfather showing a Canadian soldier at Vimy. The original illustration was sold at auction from the stage of His Majestys Theatre in 1917 at the Canadian Matinee in aid of

Background imageBruce Collection: Captain Loxley of battleship Formidable & his dog Bruce

Captain Loxley of battleship Formidable & his dog Bruce
Portrait of Captain Loxley, in command of the battleship Formidable which was sunk by a German torpedo in 1915. Also included is a picture of his terrier dog Bruce who reportedly stayed with his

Background imageBruce Collection: Fragments magazine poster

Fragments magazine poster
Reproduction of a poster advertising a new magazine, Fragments, edited and contributed to by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather who found fame during the First World War with his cartoons and character

Background imageBruce Collection: Fragments magazine poster by Bruce Bairnsfather, 1919

Fragments magazine poster by Bruce Bairnsfather, 1919
Poster advertising Fragments magazine, published by The Bystander and edited and contributed to by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather whose cartoons in the Bystander during the First World War were hugely

Background imageBruce Collection: Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon, So Obvious

Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon, So Obvious
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon, So obvious, published in the Bystander, 1916. Date: 1916

Background imageBruce Collection: Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon, The thirst for reprisals

Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon, The thirst for reprisals
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon, The Thirst for reprisals, published in the Bystander, 1916. Date: 1916

Background imageBruce Collection: Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon, Where did that one go to?

Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon, Where did that one go to?
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon, Where did that one go to?, published in the Bystander, 1916. Date: 1916

Background imageBruce Collection: Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon, Old Bill

Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon, Old Bill
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 Old Bill cartoon, pencil heightened with white, with signature. Date: 1917

Background imageBruce Collection: Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon, Maxim Maxim

Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon, Maxim Maxim
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon, Maxim Maxim -- Fire should be withheld till a favourable target presents itself, published in the Bystander, 1916. Date: 1916

Background imageBruce Collection: Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon, squeaking water pump

Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon, squeaking water pump
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon, I m sure they ll ear this damn thing squeaking, published in the Bystander, 1916. Date: 1916

Background imageBruce Collection: Bruce Bairnsfather, The Professional Instinct Again

Bruce Bairnsfather, The Professional Instinct Again
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon, The Professional Instinct Again, published in The Bystander, 1916. A juggler in civilian life practises with hand grenades. Date: 1916

Background imageBruce Collection: Bruce Bairnsfather drawing on a farmhouse wall in France, WW1

Bruce Bairnsfather drawing on a farmhouse wall in France, WW1
The birth of " Fragments" : Scribbles on the farmhouse walls. Picture illustrating how the famous wartime Bystander cartoonist, Bruce Bairnsfather, creator of Old Bill

Background imageBruce Collection: Bullets and Billets by Bruce Bairnsfather, frontispiece

Bullets and Billets by Bruce Bairnsfather, frontispiece
Frontispiece of Bullet and Billets, an autobiographical work by the wartime Bystander cartoonist and creator of Old Bill, Bruce Bairnsfather telling of his experiences in France from the outbreak of

Background imageBruce Collection: They ve evidently seen me by Bruce Bairnsfather

They ve evidently seen me by Bruce Bairnsfather
They ve evidently seen me. A British soldier, precariously peering out the top of a chimney pot, binoculars in hand, is narrowly missed by an enemy shell

Background imageBruce Collection: Theres Still a War On, by Bairnsfather

Theres Still a War On, by Bairnsfather
Theres Still a War On They haven t heard about the armistice in Limpoopoo Land yet, but the news may arrive any moment now; in which case, of course, this sort of friction will cease

Background imageBruce Collection: Bystander masthead 1917

Bystander masthead 1917
The masthead illustration to the 10 January 1917 issue of The Bystander, drawn by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, showing officers reading the latest issue. Date: 10 January 1917

Background imageBruce Collection: These War Sensations by Bruce Bairnsfather

These War Sensations by Bruce Bairnsfather
Insoluble A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Christmas Number 1916, offering a competition to fill in the blanks of a sentence uttered when Old Bill realises that his rum jar

Background imageBruce Collection: The Sort of Film We ll Have for Years, by Bairnsfather

The Sort of Film We ll Have for Years, by Bairnsfather
The Sort of Film We ll Have for Years How Dick Manvers Got His Star Every familiar feature of the Film is happily caricatured by Captain Bairnsfather in his amusing page of pictures

Background imageBruce Collection: Tribunal Tribulation at Gruyere Castle, by Bairnsfather

Tribunal Tribulation at Gruyere Castle, by Bairnsfather
Tribunal Tribulation at Gruyere Castle " After to-night, Lady Barbara, you ll have to drag these chains about and groan in the east wing

Background imageBruce Collection: Duty Before Pleasure, by Bairnsfather

Duty Before Pleasure, by Bairnsfather
Duty Before Pleasure " Well, if yer thinks yer ought to, I ll lend yer this bit o mistletoe o mine" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1916

Background imageBruce Collection: Entanglements, by Bairnsfather

Entanglements, by Bairnsfather
Entanglements " Come on, Bert, its safer in the trenches" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather (with apologies to Raphael Kirchner) in The Bystander

Background imageBruce Collection: Flanders Nights Entertainments, by Bairnsfather

Flanders Nights Entertainments, by Bairnsfather
Flanders Nights Entertainments Captain Bairnsfather, who is at present somewhere in France, sends us the above amusing take-off of his colleague Mr Norman Morrow, our theatrical artist

Background imageBruce Collection: That Provost-Marshal Feeling, by Bairnsfather

That Provost-Marshal Feeling, by Bairnsfather
That Provost-Marshal Feeling A sensation only to be had at a Base - in other words, a base sensation A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1916

Background imageBruce Collection: Things that Irritate, by Bairnsfather

Things that Irritate, by Bairnsfather
Things that Irritate Private Wm. Jones is not half so amused at accidentally falling down the mine crater as he is at hearing two friends murmuring the first verse of " Don t go down the mine

Background imageBruce Collection: His Secret Sorrow, by Bairnsfather

His Secret Sorrow, by Bairnsfather
His Secret Sorrow " I reckon this blike must ave caught is face against one of them forts at Verdun" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, in The Bystander 1916

Background imageBruce Collection: The Saint, by Bairnsfather

The Saint, by Bairnsfather
The Saint That indiscriminating orb, the moon, gives Private Scattergood a saintly appearance, sadly out of keeping with his thoughts

Background imageBruce Collection: Con Moto Perpetuo, by Bairnsfather

Con Moto Perpetuo, by Bairnsfather
Con Moto Perpetuo Our Bert (going on leave - having asked a question, and having listened to three minutes unintelligible eloquence): " And ow does the chorus go



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