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Helen McKiePortrait of Helen McKie (1889-1957), artist and illustrator who worked for The Bystander and The Graphic magazines through the First World War and the 1920s
The Bystander in Occupation illustrated by H. L. OakleyA page showing The Bystander magazines regular column in 1919 - The Bystander in Occupation - reporting on news from occupied Germany in the aftermath of World War One
Another Secret out - Old Bill in camouflage, Bystander coverFront cover of The Bystander featuring Old Bill, the cartoon soldier character created by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, attired in a uniform of dazzle camouflage. The caption reads, Another secret out
My Hat! by Bruce BairnsfatherHow a tin hat feels before battle...and during. Humorous cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander. 1916
The Bystander being read in a British trenchA sentry keeps watch in a British trench while his comrade spends his turn off duty reading a copy of the Bystander, the latest issue of this journal
Mlle. Edmee Dormeuil in the Better OleEdmee Dormeuil, French actress and star of The Better Ole, the musical play based on the cartoons of Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander
Bairnsfather on leave by Marcel PoncinThe Face at the Window. A humorous, and entirely imaginative, drawing of Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, famous soldier cartoonist and creator of Fragments from France
Captain Bruce BairnsfatherA snapshot by an American officer somewhere in France of Captain Bruce Bairnsfather (1888-1959), soldier cartoonist and creator of the Old Bill character
Kensitas cigarettes advert featuring Old BillWorld War One advertisement for Kensitas cigarettes featuring the character Old Bill, from the Bystander cartoons by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather
The Better Ole at the Oxford Theatre Arthur BourchierArthur Bourchier (1863-1927), English actor, pictured in the role of Old Bill in The Better Ole, at the Oxford Theatre London in 1917
A Poet in Khaki - Edmund JohnPrivate Edmund John (1883-1917), poet and soldier in the Artists Rifles during World War One. Photograph featured in The Bystander at the time his new book of poems
The Better Ole at the Oxford Theatre in 1917Sketches taken from the musical The Better Ole by Bystander cartoonist Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, staged at the Oxford Theatre (formerly the Oxford Musical Hall)
Stunts silhouetted by H. L. OakleyA page of silhouettes by Captain H. L. Oakley published in The Bystander depicting the trials and tribulations of a billeting officer
Bruce Bairnsfather. Harry Thurston as Old Bill at the PallaHarry Thurston in the role of Old Bill, the curmudgeonly World War One soldier created by artist Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, drawing crowded houses at the Palladium in 1917
What to do with our War PostersA humorous cartoon from The Bystander by Alick P. F Ritchie offering suggestions about what to do with discarded war posters
Lady Drogheda and sonLady Drogheda and her son Viscount Moore, aged three years and five months, at the Knole Park wedding of Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West
Bystander cover, a royal tennis playerFront cover of The Bystander magazine featuring Prince Albert, Duke of York -the future King George VI - as a tennis player
The Glances of English Girls by H. L. OakleySilhouette of a British Army officer receiving admiring glances. Illustration to accompany the Bystander magazines regular Bystander in Occupation column by Eric Ford
Bystander Summer Number front cover, 1919Front cover of The Bystander magazines summer number for July 1919, featuring a back view of a couple in their bathing costumes, embracing as they gaze out to sea. Date: 1919
Bruce Bairnsfather in his workroom at BishoptonBruce Bairnsfather, soldier cartoonist, best known for his creation, Ole Bill, in The Bystander, pictured at work in his workroom at Bishopton, Avon during leave. Date: 1916
At the Base, WW1 silhouettes by H. L. OakleyA curious mixture of English and French types at base in Northern France during World War One captured in silhouette by Captain H. L. Oakley whose work featured in The Bystander
Bairnsfather exhibition at the Graphic Galleries, 1916A sketch from inside the Graphic Galleries at 190, Strand, London showing crowds gathered at the window, smiling and laughing at one of the Fragments from France
Advert for Bairnsfather Fragments from France exhibition, 19An advertisement in The Bystander, sister magazine of The Graphic, promoting an exhibition of the humorous wartime cartoons, Fragments from France, by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather
H. H. Princess Alexandra of FifePrincess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife (1891 - 1959), later Princess Arthur of Connaught pictured on the front cover of The Bystander magazine after being recently presented at Court. Date: 1909
The Innocent Abroad, by BairnsfatherThe Innocent Abroad Out Since Mons: " Well, what sort of night ave yer ad?" Novice (but persistent optimist): " Oh, alright
Front cover from the Bystander - Jubilee NumberDecorative front cover of The Bystander for the Silver Jubilee of George V and Queen Mary. Date: 1935
William Heath Robinson with a character created by himPhotograph of William Heath Robinson (1872-1944), from a piece in the Bystander of 1924 which also included some of his illustrative contemporaries, such as H. M. Bateman and A. K. Macdonald
The Bystander Winter Sports Number 1934Front cover illustration showing a group of skiiers. Date: 20th November 1934
The School of Applied Art by H. H. HarrisColour illustration from the front cover of The Bystander showing a young fashionable woman sitting at an easel applying her make-up. Date: 23rd May 1928
The Faster Train, by H. M. BatemanIllustration by H. M. Bateman showing terrified passengers enduring a white knuckle ride on the direct train. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch
Bystander masthead 1928, social gatheringIllustration on the front cover of The Bystander showing, young 1920s men and women sitting down relaxing. Date: 1928
A. D. Nineteen FiftyCartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, originally published in The Bystander magazine on 29 September 1915 and subsequently issued as part of his Fragments from France, and, as here
Eight poster holder advertisingKelvies eight poster holder, 1910 Date: 1910
Bystander masthead design, 1927 - Guards in WhitehallIllustration for the masthead of The Bystander magazine featuring a chic 1920s woman visiting the mounted Guards at their sentry post in Whitehall, a popular London tourist sight. Date: 1927
Bystander masthead design, 1927 - Evening entertainmentIllustration on the front cover of The Bystander showing a scene in a restaurant, hotel or nightclub with a band playing, people in evening dress at tables and couples on the dancefloor. Date: 1927
Chorus Gentlemen by Howard K. ElcockA lady in evening dress plays a grand piano, while a gentleman in white tie contemplates a group of framed portraits on the mantlepiece. Note the copy of The Bystander on the grand piano. Date: 1927
Bystander masthead design, 1927 - FishingIllustration on the front cover of The Bystander featuring a woman fishing, probably somewhere in the North of England or Scotland
Mothers Little Darling by Chloe PrestonIllustration by Chloe Preston showing a small boy in a seated in a compartment of a train carriage wearing a suit and bowler hat
Bystander front cover with King George VKing George V painted specially for The Bystander by Cecil Cutler dressed for Royal Ascot, one of the key events in societys Season. Date: 1927
Bystander readers around the worldPage from the Bystander showing people around the world reading the magazine which ran from 1903 to 1940. Date: 1927
Ladies Mounted Sports at Ranelagh - Lady Alice ScottPage from the Bystander featuring photographs of the female contenders in the Ladies Mounted Sports at Ranelagh. Top left is Miss Joan Hamilton
Bystander front cover - Lawn tennis number - Helen Wills MooHelen Wills Moody (1905 - 1998), American tennis player and eight times winner of the Ladies Singles at Wimbledon, pictured in 1927, where she was tipped to win - and she did
Girl reading The Bystander magazine, WWIStudio photographic portrait of a young girl dressed in a white dress holding a copy of The Bystander magazine. The Bystander magazine
Bystander front cover - Prince of Wales as a polo playerEdward, Prince of Wales (1895 - 1972), later King Edward VIII, then Duke of Windsor, pictured on the front cover of The Bystander, in polo clothing
Britiannia Bides Her Time" Britiannia Bides Her Time.", Alick P. F. ritchie, The Bystander front cover, 19th August 1914. In 1914, Britannia really did rule the waves
Bystander masthead design, 1927 - Glorious TwelfthIllustrated masthead design for the outer cover of the Bystander magazine featuring a woman on the grouse moors enjoying some shooting on the Glorious Twelfth. Date: 1927
Bystander masthead design, 1927 - Beach sceneIllustration for the Bystander masthead showing a 1920s woman reclining on a beach while her friends enjoy splashing about in the sea. Date: 1927
Royal Wedding 1923 - Duke of YorkPrince Albert, Duke of York (1895-1952), later King George VI. An inset photograph within a drawing inspired by Shakespeares Richard III