Bruce Collection (page 8)

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

Alas! Poor Herr von Yorick!, by Bairnsfather
Alas! Poor Herr von Yorick! Fricourt - July 1916 A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather on the cover of The Bystander 1916

Urgent, by Bairnsfather
Urgent " Quick, afore this comes down!" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander 1916

Marylebone station Bookstall
The Marylebone station Bookstall on the day that Captain Bruce Bairnsfathers More Fragments from France was launched 1916

St Pancras Bookstall
The St Pancras station Bookstall on the day that Captain Bruce Bairnsfathers More Fragments from France was launched 1916

Kings Cross Bookstall
The Kings Cross (main line) Bookstall on the day that Captain Bruce Bairnsfathers More Fragments from France was launched 1916

The Freedom of the Seas, by Bairnsfather
The Freedom of the Seas " I wish they d old this war in England, don t you, Bill?" (No answer) A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, featuring Old Bill and Bert 1916

Fragments Reach the Stage
" Fragments" Reach the Stage A " Bairnsfather" duologue in " Half-Past Eight" Sketches of a scene from the revue, " Half-Past Eight" at the Comedy Theatre

The Weeks Fragment, by Bairnsfather
This Weeks " Fragment" Two Minds with but a Single Thought A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, featuring popular character Old Bill 1916

A Castle in the Air, by Bairnsfather
A Castle in the Air " A few more, Bert, and that there Chateau won t be worth livin in" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander

Old Moore at the Front, by Bairnsfather
" Old Moore" at the Front " As far as I can make out from this ere prophecy book, Bill, the seventh year is going to be the worst, and after that every fourteenth

Who d Have Thought It?, by Bairnsfather
Who d Have Thought It? " Struth, Bert! Good Job we saw that notice!" A cartoon in The Bystander by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather

Under the Mistletoe Bough by Bruce Bairnsfather
As Old Bill said to himself, " Me and Maggie didn t arf ave a time this Christmas." Old Bill, the soldier character created by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander is pictured in

Recognised!, by Bairnsfather et al
Recognised! " What the ell are they laughing at?" They have recognised him, and he has recognised that they have recognised him

Old Bill Bathes, by Bairnsfather
Old Bill Bathes (- He has managed to snatch a few minutes at Casse-les-Bains after all) " Ere! you! allez vous ong! The blinkin seas quite rough enough without you muckin it about" A

Vindictive, eh?, by Bairnsfather
Vindictive, eh? " I wonder what they ll do with Old Bill when the wars over, Bert?" " I dunno; ave im filled with concrete and sunk somewhere

Old Bill as the Instructor of Youth, by Bairnsfather
Old Bill as the Instructor of Youth " Don t you git pullin yer cigarette-card stuff off on me! What the ell do you know about istory

Temptation, by Bairnsfather
Temptation A cartoon in The Bystander by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather. A hungry German imagines a dachshund turning into a sausage. Date: 1918

Aricias Laughing Maids, by Bairnsfather
Aricias Laughing Maids There are times when it is hard to keep ones attention fixed solely on the war A cartoon in The Bystander by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in his series on the Italian Front Date

Restraint on Anticipation, by Bairnsfather
Restraint on Anticipation " I see as its security for the future we re a-fightin for, Alf" " A little o that on account, now, wouldn t be a bad idea

Circumstances Alter Cases, by Bairnsfather
Circumstances Alter Cases Showing the value of locality in warfare A cartoon in The Bystander by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather illustrating the difference the location and context can make to an action

Hardly a Home from Home, by Bairnsfather
Hardly a " Home from Home" One of those days when you wonder whats going on in Boston, Mass. A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander

A Visit to the Alpini, by Bairnsfather
A Visit to the Alpini Of course, when one has got a howitzer up into a position like this, there is not much chance of the enemy staying in the trench marked X - X A cartoon by Captain Bruce

The Raid, by Bairnsfather
The Raid " Bert! Its our officer!" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander. During a night raid, Old Bill and Bert discover the body of their comrade Date: 1918

The Recruiting Problem Solved, by Bairnsfather
The Recruiting Problem Solved " It strikes me, Bert, that if they combed this mud out they might get a few more men" A cartoon in The Bystander by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather featuring his

German Papers, Please Copy, by Bairnsfather
German Papers, Please Copy He has left a good business in Boston, he has come 3, 000 miles, and - he has had six months of this! A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander

Perils of War, by Bairnsfather
Perils of War - and Popularity Old Bill wishes now that he had never gone into that caf頯 n the Boulevard des Italiennes A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander featuring his

The Smoke of Battle, by Bairnsfather
The Smoke of Battle When rolling your Bull Durham, the most important thing is to keep the hands steady so that the tobacco lies evenly on the palm A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather in the Bystander

A Candid Communiqu鬠by Bairnsfather
A Candid Communiqu駠 There is undoubtedly some enemy war news you can believe AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL: " We firmly held all the ground we took yesterday" A cartoon by Captain Bruce

Here They Are, by Bairnsfather
Here They Are " This ere countrys a bit too - corrugated for me, Bert" A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander featuring his popular characters Old Bill

A Small Potato, by Bairnsfather
A Small Potato " Whats that hat doin floatin round down there, sergeant?" " I think thats Private Murphy sittin down

The New Tenants Are Not Pleased, by Bairnsfather
The New Tenants Are Not Pleased " Wal, I guess, of all the _ _ billets, this durn pigstye is about the toughest proposition we ve _ " " Snakes! and heres the pig

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