Flanders Collection (page 6)

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

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)

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

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

EYCK, Hubert van (1370-1426). The Ghent Altarpiece or Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. 1425-1432. BELGIUM. Ghent. Saint Bavo Cathedral. Angel musicians. Upper left panel of the opened polyptych

Sculpture with drum. Art of the Yaka people (Congo). African art. Sculpture on wood. BELGIUM. FLANDERS. BRABANT. Tervuren. Mus饠 Royal de l Afrique Central (Royal Museum for Central Africa)

Helmet with visor. It belonged to Charles V. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Royal Palace

WEYTS, Petrus. The Charles V in a storm
WEYTS, Petrus (1799-1855). The Charles V in a Storm. 1840. Painting. BELGIUM. FLANDERS. ANTWERP. Antwerp. National Maritime Museum

Statue of motherhood
Statue of Maternity. Mbala art. African art. Sculpture on wood. BELGIUM. FLANDERS. BRABANT. Tervuren. Mus饠 Royal de l Afrique Central (Royal Museum for Central Africa)

Civitatis Orbis Terrarum. Ghent
BRAUN, George (1541-1622). Civitatis Orbis Terrarum (Theatrum orbis terrarum). 1572-1617. Ghent (1572). Etching. SPAIN. CASTILE AND LEON. Salamanca. Salamanca University Library

BREE, Mathieu I. Van. Portrait of Cuvier
CUVIER, Georges (1769-1832). French zoologist. He was instrumental in establishing the fields of comparative anatomy and paleontology. Oil on canvas

Belgium. Bruges. City Hall
BELGIUM. Bruges. Inside of the Gothic Hall (Gotische Zaal) of the City Hall (Stadhuis). View of the hanging wood dome. 1376-1421. Flamboyant gothic. Architecture

British observation post in a windmill, WW1
A Flanders windmill taken over by the British Army as an observation post. Staff officers are seen busy with maps and field glasses while the small son of the miller stands watching with eyes fixed

Big gun going forward across waterlogged battle zone, WW1
British soldiers moving a big gun forward across a waterlogged battle zone in Flanders in 1918 - demonstrating the famous mud and flooding of the Western Front. Date: 1918

British soldier examing framework of pill-box, WW1
A muddy and flooded landscape in Flanders with a British soldier inspecting the skeleton framework of an uncompleted pill-box

British artillery advances through Flanders mud
British gunners and horses drag their gun through the swamp of Flanders mud on their way to take up a forward position Date: November 1917

Moving sand bags forward
With the order for an advance having been given, British soldiers scramble out of their trench to move forward to occupy a captured German trench

British troops in church billets in Flanders, WW1
Just back from the trenches, British troops settle down in church billets during a service after a stretch of work in the first line on the Western Front

Searching for a German sniper in ruined farmhouse
British soldiers searching for a German sniper in the ruins of a farmhouse within the firing line on the Western Front. Date: 1916

Graphic cover - periscope on the battlefield, WW1
Front cover of The Graphic featuring a photograph of a British officer posing inside a German armoured observation post captured by the British in Flanders Date: 1917

Crown Prince of Belgium and brother walking with their tutor
The Crown Prince of Belgium (the Duke of Brabant) and his brother (the Count of Flanders) walking with their tutor through the streets of Brussels. Date: 1914

German Howitzer shell case - an Army Service cap
A German Howitzer shell case base made into an Army Service cap with the badge of the Royal Field Artillery, together with a shoulder title. Engraved on rim - France and Flanders. Trench Art

The letter home Somewhere in Flanders
The letter home. Somewhere in Flanders. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Help !!! Stuck in the mud of Flanders. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Cooking as you go - Field kitchen on the move
Cooking as you go. A field kitchen in the move behind the column. Somewhere in Flanders. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps

Letter opener Engraved Ypres Flanders 1917 18
Letter opener. Engraved Ypres Flanders 1917.18. Trench Art

Mounted Police Somewhere in Flanders
Mounted Police. Somewhere in Flanders. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Xmas week Somewhere in Flanders
Xmas week. Somewhere in Flanders. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Death Plaque in the name of Private Frederick George Styles
Death Plaque in the name of 7134 Private Frederick George Styles, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Born Lambeth, Surrey. Enlisted London

Wall-mounted matchbox with crossed swords
A wall-mounted matchbox contained in the shape of a shield, engraved with crossed swords, crown and Flanders. Trench Art

Record of Services of the 79th Brigade, RFA, Flanders
Printed copy of Record of Services of the 79th Brigade, RFA, during the Operations of the Fifth Army in Flanders, October and November 1917 by Lt. Col. L. E

Ypres - The foot of the Cloth Hall, November 1919. Ernest Procter, ARA NEAC IS (1886-1935), ambulance driver and official artist with the Friends Ambulance Unit, 1916-1917

Calonne, near Loos - British troops in their trenches, WW1
Calonne, near Loos - British troops in their trenches, by Lieutenant Morris Meredith Williams, Royal Engineers (b.1881), commissioned 1.7.17. Date: circa 1917

Dawn, First World War scene on the Western Front
Dawn, photographed by Cooke showing British troops, who have slept in the open country waking up to a misty morning in Flanders. Date: 1914

Breton marines defend the town of Dixmude, November 1914
The fight on the banks of the canal at Dixmude (Diksmuide) during the retreat of the French marine forces from the town. Date: 1914

West Front of Ypres Cathedral from Cloth Hall, WW1
West Front of Ypres Cathedral from foot of the tower of the Cloth Hall, by Ernest Procter, ARA NEAC IS (1886-1935), ambulance driver and official artist with the Friends Ambulance Unit, 1916-1917

Flanders: Crossing of Yser river barrier
The bridging of the Yser and Yser canal under fire, during the opening allied attack: Two of the British infantry and pack-horse bridges. Date: 1917

Attempt of Prussian Guard to break British line round Ypres
Desperate attempt of the famous Prussian Guard to break the protecting British line round Ypres in Flanders in November 1914. The British infantry repulsed the Germans with heavy losses

Church of Saint Jean in Dixmude, West Flanders, WWI
The church of Saint Jean in Dixmude, West Flanders, near Ypres - almost in ruins after the bombardment of the town in the First World War. Date: 1914

Algerian cavalry in West Flanders, 1914
French Algerian cavalry - spahis drawn up in the market square at Furnes, West Flanders, Belgium, November 1914. Belgian people taking a keen interest. Date: 1914

Flanders 1914. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time

First attack of the Battle of Flanders
Second Battle of Flanders: Going methodically forward they took every trench and point they were set to take precisely as was appointed for them, until they arrived close up to the Steenbeek River

Partly finished battlefield road at Flanders 1917
Second Battle of Flanders: Troops in the front are capturing positions and beating off counter attacks night and day. While the temporary lulls of infantry fighting between each thrust forward

Preliminary artillery bombardments in Battle of Flanders
Keeping the gunners posted as to targets and ranges in action: Telephoning instructions from observation-officers to the batteries from a captured German dug-out. Date: 1917

Brtish observation balloon 1917
The first coming of light, early in the morning of Battle of Broodseinde during the First World War, as the " eye" of the artillery is finished its preliminary intensified firing

The Fighting Line in Flanders, 1915
Areas of possession between the German and Allied armies on the Western front by the autumn of 1915. Despite the advances made by the Germans at Ypres

Belgian troops with dog-team 1916
Belgian campaign in August and September 1916 of World War One, saw Belgian troops using big sturdy dogs to pull artillery carts, they stood fire well, besides being readily tractable

Natural History of the War by Bruce Bairnsfather
Natural History of the War The Flanders Sea Lion (Leo Maritimus) An almost extinct amphibian, first discovered in Flanders during the Winter of 1914-15

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