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Leagues of Nation with silhouettes by H. L. OakleyA page from The Bystander (its regular Bystander in Occupation column) with silhouettes by Captain H. L. Oakley showing an English soldier marrying a German woman
Bystander masthead featuring Old BillMasthead design for a post-war edition of the Bystander magazine featuring one of its main stars the cartoon character created by Bruce Bairnsfather
Bystander Entente Peace number front cover, 1919Superb front cover of The Bystander magazine from 1919 celebrating peace in Europe following the end of World War One, though the Treaty of Versailles would not be signed until the following month
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather at workCaptain Bruce Bairnsfather (1888-1959), British soldier, artist and cartoonist, famous for his curmudgeonly creation, Ole Bill - a typical British Tommy - during the First World War for The Bystander
Three young women on a yacht at Cowes, Isle of WightThree young women standing on the deck of Mr Inglebys yacht Esperance in the Solent during the Cowes Regatta, Isle of Wight, dressed in almost identical outfits
His Christmas Goose by Bruce BairnsfatherIllustration by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather showing a soldier on sentry duty looking hungrily at a goose, with the caption, You wait till I comes off dooty
The Adventures of Prince Achmed by Lotte ReinigerPage from The Bystander showing stills from a pioneering animated film, The Adventures of Prince Achmed, acted entirely by silhouette characters cut by the artist
Royal Wedding 1923 - Through Wisdoms EyesInteresting montage picture from The Bystander Royal Wedding Number of 1923 featuring the Duke of York, and his chosen bride, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in the eyes of an owl
Royal Wedding 1923 - The Ray of SunshineIllustration in a Bystander issue celebrating the marriage of Prince Albert, Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey on 26 April 1923 showing the happy couple bathed in a ray
The Bystander Riviera Number front cover, 1934Front cover of The Bystanders Riviera Number front cover with an illustration depicting the palm tree lined promenade dotted with numerous cafe tables and people walking
The Mannequin Who Made The Most Of It, by H. M. BatemanA humorous illustration showing a fashion mannequin taking to the catwalk, entrancing all the audience. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch
Come To The Cookhouse Door by Suzanne MeunierA cheeky illustration of a lady (almost) wearing a apron to cook at a stove. Suzanne Meunier was a French artist who produced a number of erotic illustrations for The Sketch
Bystander Christmas Number 1929Art deco illustration for the front cover of The Bystander Christmas number showing an elegant woman being admired by two men
The Marchioness of BlandfordAlexandra Mary Cadogan (1900 - 1961), Duchess of Marlborough, wife of the 10th duke of Marlborough. Youngest daughter of Viscount Chelsea. 1925
Bystander cover - Lady Mary PakenhamLady Mary Katherine Clive (nÚÑáPakenham 23 August 1907 19 March 2010), British writer and historian, known for her memoirs of her family and her time as a debutante
Bystander front cover featuring Miss Mary AshleyHon. Ruth Mary Clarisse Ashley, daughter of multi-millionaire, Lt-Col Wilfred Ashley (1st Baron Mount Temple) and sister of Edwina, Countess Mountbatten
Bystander cover - Miss Rose BinghamRenowned society beauty Miss Rose Bingham, daughter of Lady Rosabelle Brand and later to become the Countess of Warwick, pictured on the front cover of The Bystander magazine in 1932 in a photograph
Lady Malcolms Servants BallPage from The Bystander magazine illustrating two contrasting dances - the Lambeth Walk as painted by William Roberts at the top, and the Palais Glide
Jean Peron shows off two of his couture creationsAt his salon on Regent Street, London, fashion designer Jean Peron shows off two of his beautiful couture creations to Mrs Philip Maufe
Fancy dress costumes at the Artists Fancy Dress ballThe Bystander magazine passes comment on the various fancy dress costumes seen at the Artists Fancy Dress ball at the Albert Hall in February 1911
Bystander Riviera supplement - train de luxeCover of The Bystander magazines Riviera supplement carrying an illustrated advertisement for the Train de Luxe Calais-Mediterranean Express which ran daily from Calais to the Riviera
Helen McKie, Bystander artist in Monte CarloIllustrator and special artist for The Bystander, Helen McKie, snapped at Monte Carlo on the French Riviera in 1929 where she was making sketches for the Riviera number of the magazine. Date: 1929
Bystander cover - Marchioness of Cholmondeley plays golfThe Marchioness of Cholmondeley (formerly Lady Rocksavage) pictured on the golf links at Mandelieu on the French Riviera. Date: 1923
Bystander Riviera Number 1913Masthead design for jacket front cover of The Bystander magazine in 1913 with its special Riviera supplement. The Bystander regularly brought out issues dedicated to news
Dress Reform - The Attempt to Force Comfort Upon Men. Page from The Bystander July 14 1937. Men cling with pathetic firmness to their extraordinary clothes, some from conservatism
The Tatler & Bystander, 2nd November 1949, magazine double page spread 1949
Bystander annual mixed foursome, Beckenham, KentPeople gathering at the Bystander annual mixed foursome at the Foxgrove Golf Club in Beckenham, Kent. Those attending include Henry Cotton (1907-1987), English professional golfer
Bystander cover - The Countess SpencerCynthia Elinor Beatrix Spencer (1897 - 1972), known until her marriage as Lady Cynthia Hamilton. The daughter of the third Duke of Abercorn, she married Viscount Althorp (later Earl Spencer) in 1919
Fragments magazine posterReproduction 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
Fragments magazine poster by Bruce Bairnsfather, 1919Poster 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
Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon, So ObviousCaptain Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon, So obvious, published in the Bystander, 1916. Date: 1916
Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon, The thirst for reprisalsCaptain Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon, The Thirst for reprisals, published in the Bystander, 1916. Date: 1916
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
Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon, Maxim MaximCaptain Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon, Maxim Maxim -- Fire should be withheld till a favourable target presents itself, published in the Bystander, 1916. Date: 1916
Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon, squeaking water pumpCaptain Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon, I m sure they ll ear this damn thing squeaking, published in the Bystander, 1916. Date: 1916
Bruce Bairnsfather, The Professional Instinct AgainCaptain Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon, The Professional Instinct Again, published in The Bystander, 1916. A juggler in civilian life practises with hand grenades. Date: 1916
Bruce Bairnsfather drawing on a farmhouse wall in France, WW1The birth of " Fragments" : Scribbles on the farmhouse walls. Picture illustrating how the famous wartime Bystander cartoonist, Bruce Bairnsfather, creator of Old Bill
Bullets and Billets by Bruce Bairnsfather, frontispieceFrontispiece 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
They ve evidently seen me by Bruce BairnsfatherThey 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
Theres Still a War On, by BairnsfatherTheres 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
A Bairnsfather typeAs part of a naval revue, put on by officers, one of the participants plays the part of one of Bairnsfathers Own, and Old Bill like caricature Date: 1917
Bystander masthead 1917The 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
Silhouette heading, Financial Frills and Thrills, by H.L. Oakley, for The Bystander magazine. Showing two men in top hats, sitting in their respective armchairs, reading their newspapers. Date: 1920
These War Sensations by Bruce BairnsfatherInsoluble 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
Tribunal Tribulation at Gruyere Castle, by BairnsfatherTribunal 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 BairnsfatherDuty 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
Bairnsfather cartoon modelsThree models based on cartoons by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, the work of Major Hale Edwards, a radiographer at the Sutton Convalescent Camp, where wounded soldiers were taught new trades. Date: 1916
Entanglements, by BairnsfatherEntanglements " Come on, Bert, its safer in the trenches" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather (with apologies to Raphael Kirchner) in The Bystander
