Bruce Collection (page 7)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chat on Change, by Bairnsfather
Chat on Change " You owes me two francs and I owes you one thats got into the lining of me coat; that makes it right, don t it

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

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