Mckie Collection

Dance Time by Helen McKie
Couples dancing in a hotel ballroom during the 1920s, from 11pm to 2am. Date: 1928

Riviera Refections by Dell Leigh (1 / 2)
Riviera Refections by Dell Leigh (1/2) - To the Riviera by Car (illustration by Helen McKie) and photograph showing holidaymakers on the Croisette at Cannes, France. Date: 1931

Riviera Refections by Dell Leigh (2 / 2)
Riviera Refections by Dell Leigh (2/2) - Sunward-bound through France - On the Blue Train (illustration by Helen McKie) and photograph showing speedboating on the Cote d-Azur. Date: 1931

Marchioness of Lansdowne presents cup to Harris St. John
The Marchioness of Lansdowne presenting the Col. John McKie Memorial Challenge Cup to Jajor E. D. Harris-St.John, who won the race at the Perth Hunt meeting, Scone Palace on Rough Proof. Date: 1950

The Casino at Dinard, with swimming pool
Impression of the Casino at Dinard, opened in 1928, with its swimming pool right in the centre. Date: 1929

Hotel de Paris at Bray
Scenes at the Hotel de Paris in Bray, a popular nightspot during the 1920s for fun seekers looking to escape London for the evening

Sir Seymour Hicks at the Victoria Palace Theatre, 1935. " Vintage Wine" in Sketches with Julia Neilson and Greer Garson. Seymour Hicks as Charles Popinot. Illustrations by Helen McKie. 1935

Bystander masthead featuring Old Bill
Masthead design for a post-war edition of the Bystander magazine featuring one of its main stars the cartoon character created by Bruce Bairnsfather

Helen McKie, Bystander artist in Monte Carlo
Illustrator 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

The new casino at Nice drawn by Helen McKie
Impression of the Palais de la Mediteranee, the new, palatial casino built at Nice in 1929 by American millionaire, Frank Jay Gould. The marble staircase, seen here, was the widest in the world

War Wounds Slowly Mending - repairs to towns in France
Restoring the devastated towns of Northern France. Montage of sketches by Helen McKie showing the careful rebuilding and restoration of towns in France devastated during the First World War

Inter-Allied Fraternisation - Paris Cafe - WW1. British Tommies chat to their French counterparts and colonial French troops from Dominique. Date: 1915

Can t Help Lovin that Man! by Helen McKie
A red-haired woman staring into the eyes of her lover - a magnetic but dangerous looking Apache man, an allegedly savage member of the Parisian underworld haunting areas such as Montmartre

Society at Grosvenor House ice rink, 1929
Fashionable society taking up a fashionable pastime in 1929. An impression of the splendid ice rink at Grosvenor House by Helen McKie. Date: 1929

Torquay in the autumn, 1929
A sketch made by The Bystander magazines artist, Helen McKie, in the grounds of the Palace Hotel in Torquay, where, the terrors of an English autumn

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

Battle Areas - from the womans point of view, Helen McKie
Impressions of Rheims by Miss Helen McKie. One in a series of sketches, drawn by Bystander artist Helen McKie during a visit to war torn France following the end of the First World War. 1

A Swinburne ballet in aid of Concerts at the Front Fund, WW1
Sketches by Helen McKie, specially made at a dress rehearsal, of the Swinburne ballet to be produced at the Lyric Theatre in aid of the Concerts at the Front fund

Bystander masthead featuring Old Bill by Bruce Bairnsfather
Masthead of The Bystander magazine featuring characters on a London tube train (or bus?) drawn by some of the magazines most regular artistic contributors

A Countess Gave me a cup of tea, WW1 soldier & canteen
A First World War soldier received a cup of tea from an aristocratic lady in a nurses uniform. Canteening was one of the favourite voluntary occupations of well-born women during the Great War

Helen McKie
Portrait 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

Birmingham working in war time
A page of sketches by Helen McKie showing Birmingham as a hive of industry during the First World War, showing female munitions workers in a national shell factory

A land girl by Helen McKie
A member of the Womens Land Army, dressed bucolically n a smock and sun hat to work in the fields during the First World War. Date: 1918

At the Eagle Hut by Helen McKie
Sketches of members of the American Army and Navy enjoying the comforts of the Eagle Hut in Aldwych, London. The YMCA supplied British servicemen away from home in the UK

Crossing the Atlantic, 1927 by Helen McKie
Scenes of life aboard a passenger liner crossing the Atlantic in the 1920s, with the focus on the passengers attempting the dance the Charleston while the ship lurches. Date: 1927

Good Cheers, Women war work, World War II by Helen McKie
Jolly illustration by Helen McKie showing a female ATS worker serving cups of tea to a sailor, an airman and a soldier during World War II. Date: c.1940

Chelsea Arts Ball - group including artists Howard Elcock
A group of revellers in fancy dress costume at the Annual Chelsea Arts Ball. Numbered as 1. Mr E. Sturt, 2. Captain A. Mills, 3. Major Blackwell, 4 Mr H.C.B

Evening at the Ritz by Helen McKie
Scene at the Ritz, London in 1927 with couples on the dancing to the house band. Date: 1927

New York - A First Impression by Helen McKie
A first impression of New York by the Bystanders globe-trotting lady artist-reporter, Helen McKie showing its famous skyscrapers and the multi-racial crowds in Fifth Avenue and on Broadway. Date: 1927

Dance Time 11p. m. to 2a. m. by Helen Mckie
This illustration shows an evening dance in 1928

The beach at Juan-Les-Pins by Helen McKie

Vignettes Of A Whirling World by Helen McKie
A selection of illustrations by Helen McKie of life on the Riviera. The Riviera was a fashionable destination for the privileged classes, particularly during the 1920s and 30s

A New Impression Of Monte Carlo By Helen McKie
An illustration showing the view of the casino from the roof garden of the Hotel Terminus

Wars Transmutations by Helen McKie
A cartoon showing how World War One flipped roles. A youthful clerk is bullied by a manager, who then ends up as a private while the clerk becomes an officer

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