Campfire Collection

A Bard singing to Ancient Britons
A Bard singing his poetry for the Britons around the campfire. These soldiers would be fighting their rivals in battle the next day... Date: circa 43 AD

The Grand Army
An illustration of a man speaking with his horse as they rest by a campfire mid journey, under an evening sky beside a sparse forest. Date: circa 1901

The Highland Raiders
This oil painting depicts a number of figures situated around a campfire by some rocky edges in Scotland, an old man is holding up a bird by the legs

Travel advert, South Africa Date: 1937

Afghan War - Camp Fire of the 10th Hussars, Jellalabad
The Afghan War - The Camp Fire of the 10th Hussars, Jellalabad (now Jalalabad). 1879

Aborigine huts and village in West Australia (Eendachts land). Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World

Temple of Luxor, Luxor (ancient Thebes), Egypt
Temple of Luxor, on the east bank of the River Nile, Luxor (ancient Thebes), Egypt. Date: circa 1910s

King Alfred in disguise as a wandering harpist
King Alfred the Great (849899)in disguise as a wandering harpist infiltrating the camp of Guthrum, King of the Danish Vikings in the Danelaw, to try and find out their plans. 878

Cooking Dinner Date: 1940

EVENTS / WAR / REVOLUTIONARY
ITALIAN CAMPAIGN Napoleon at the campfire on the eve of battle Date: circa May 1796

Magazine cover, boy scouts in camp, Denmark
Magazine cover of The Scouter, April 1958, showing boy scouts sitting round a campfire in Denmark. Date: 1958

Boys of the Mussoorie Scout Troop, India
Boys of the Mussoorie Scout Troop, Uttarakhand, India, cooking over a campfire

Boy scouts of Colombia, South America, on an outdoor activity. Date: 20th century

Two-Gun George, Worlds Lasso Expert
Captain George Ash, known as Two-Gun George, world lasso expert, showing off his skills lassoing cattle. Date: 1932

Boys camping in the 1930s
Boys camping in the great outdoors. One secures the tent, others fetch water and firewood while two more cook up something exciting over teh camp fire. Date: 1932

Boys on a camping trip
This way for camping fun! Four boys enjoy the outdoor life on an idyllic camping trip. Having pitched their tents right next to a river, they don their swimsuits and jump in

People camping. early 19th century

Florence Upton playing cards - Peg at Camp Fire. circa 1900s

Music cover, Play Us An Old Come All Ye, written by Albert Hall, composed by George Le Brunn, sung by Michael Nolan. 1896

Cartoon, Older soldiers round the campfire, WW1
Cartoon, a group of old and middle aged French soldiers sit round the campfire near Verdun as the snow falls. Date: 1916

Camp Fire Girls on parade, Hudson, Massachusetts, USA
Camp Fire Girls on parade with banners in Hudson, Massachusetts, USA. They belong to a scouting type organisation for girls which was founded in the early 20th century

Illustration, A Song of the English, Campfire
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)

Three boys and a dog on wasteland
Three boys and a dog on an area of wasteland. The boys are sitting round an improvised campfire set up on a piece of corrugated iron at the foot of a tree

Khoikhoi people at the Orange River, and Gonaqua man and woman.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Governor and wife at scouting campfire event, Mauritius
The Governor of Mauritius, Sir John Shaw Rennie (1917-2002), with his wife Lady Rennie, as guests at a scouting campfire event. Date: 1960s

Scouting leader speaking at campfire event, Mauritius
A scouting leader speaking to girl guides and boy scouts at a campfire event in Mauritius. Date: 1960s

Local founder speaking at campfire event, Mauritius
The local founder giving a speech at a scouting campfire event in Mauritius. Date: 1960s

Island Commissioner speaking at campfire event, Mauritius
The Island Commissioner welcoming guests to a scouting campfire event in Mauritius. Date: 1960s

Governor at scouting campfire event, Mauritius
The Governor of Mauritius, Sir John Shaw Rennie (1917-2002), presented with a blanket by a female cub leader at a scouting campfire event. She had recently completed a Wood Badge Course in the UK

Boy scouts of the Gold Coast, West Africa, cooking at camp in Adeiso. Date: 1937

Bermuda scouts advertising campfire concert
Bermuda scouts advertising a campfire concert. Date: circa 1920s

Edmonton scouts, campfire on beach, Canada
Edmonton scouts at a campfire on Aspen beach, Alberta, Canada

Scouts singing round a campfire, Australia
A group of scouts singing round a campfire in Australia, conducted by their leader. Date: 1965

Hungry Gipsy Boy
A hungry gipsy boy, sulking, hands in pockets, as he waits impatiently for his supper to boil in a cauldron on the campfire. Date: 1973

Hungry Gipsy Girl
A hungry gipsy tomboy, waiting for her supper beside a campfire cauldron. Date: 1973

Vietnam - Montrang - French soldiers cooking in the open air
Vietnam - Yen The District, Montrang - French soldiers cooking in the open air. Date: circa 1907

A soldiers night bivouac - WWI - possibly in a church
A French soldiers night bivouac - WWI - possibly in a church Date: circa 1916

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