Relief Collection (#39)

Hatfield House as a military hospital
Soldiers rest on Elizabeths Seat beneath an historic relief showing Queen Elizabeth, at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire. The ancestral home of the Cecil family had been converted into a military

Sculptures on front of Lambeth HQ Main Building
Three art deco style sculptures on the front of Lambeth HQ Main Building. Date: 1937

Insurance companies memorial with the Latin motto: Finis Coronat Opus (the end crowns the work). The bas relief sculpture shows modern-day firefighters with water hoses and ladder, fighting a fire

The Prince of Wales Fund: a room in the head office
On 6th August 1914, the Prince of Wales announced the formation of a National Fund for the relief of the inevitable distress consequent on war

Post Office telegraph from OMHS Buckingham Palace
A Post Office telegraph from O.M.H.S. Buckingham Palace, dated 15th August 14. To E. D. Towse, Esq. Swanley Village, Kent

A Relief Party making their way up the trenches. On reverse of postcard - This shows the relief party making their way up to the trenches along the shell-holed and muddy roads

The Relief Up. 1190 Private Leslie Loveland, 1St/5Th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 143Rd Brigade, 25Th Division. Joined 21.11.15

Patinated metal relief of Field Marshal Ferdinand Foche
A patinated metal relief of Field Marshal Ferdinand Foche, GCB, OM, DSO (1851-1929). Chastenet

WWI jug fabricated from an 18 pounder shell case
First World War jug fabricated from an 18 pounder shell case and relief decorated with storks amongst the bull rushes and irises. The handle has been beaten from the actual shell case. Trench Art

German World War One commemorative cup and saucer celebrating a Silver Wedding on the 5th March 1914. From your beloved son, Heinrich, Machine Gun Company of Infantry Regiment, Karl (7 Brig) No

A patriotic cast iron frying pan with German soldier
A patriotic cast iron frying pan with a German soldier shaking the hand of a German woman in relief on the handle. Embossed around the diameter with Der Deutschen frau opfersinn

Oval plaque in relief depicting the head of a young Tommy
An oval plaque in relief depicting the head of a young Tommy.. English School

Ivory paper knife with a silver handle - WWI
Ivory paper knife with a silver handle depicting a portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm II in relief, together with the Imperial Crown and Coat of Arms and Iron Crosses. Commemorative Ware

Metal cigarette case - WWI
Metal cigarette case with a relief portrait of a German and an Austrian soldier shaking hands. Trench Art

Marshal Joffre pointing and exclaiming
JOFFRE A LA MARNE - plaque in relief showing Marshal Joffre pointing and exclaiming Et maintenant en avant !. Louis Octave Mattei, Born C. 1880. French Sculptor And Engraver Of Medals

Relief portrait of Old Bill - after Bruce Bairnsfather
Relief portrait of Old Bill - after Captain BRUCE BAIRNSFATHER, 1st Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959). Bairnsfather Ware

Company awaiting relief - The Caterpillar, Villes-sur-Ancre
Company awaiting relief. The Caterpillar, Villes-sur-Ancre, 1918, by Lieutenant W (Will) H Dyson (1880-1938), Australian Imperial Force

Church bells saved from becoming enemy shells, Russia, 1915
Placed together for safety in the Nikolsky Monastery near Moscow, some of the 300 Russian church bells removed to prevent invading Germans re-using them as metal for shells

Actors selling chocolate for charity, WW1
A page from The Sketch showing various well-known members of the theatrical profession acting as sales-people at an unidentified London store

Elizabeth Asquith & Nelson Keys rehearsing a matinee, WW1
Miss Elizabeth Asquith rehearsing with Mr Nelson Keys for their sketch in the forthcoming Serbian Relief Fund Matinee to be held on 9 May 1916 and organised by Lady Greville and Lady Oranmore

National Relief Fund postcard, WW1, Prince of Wales
A postcard featuring a portrait of the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VIII and later, Duke of Windsor), sold in aid of the National Relief Fund in the early months of the First World War

Lady Muriel Paget, WW1
Lady Muriel Paget (1876 - 1938), nee Finch-Hatton, wife of Sir Richard Surtees Paget, second Baronet of Oldfallings Hall, Wolverhampton

An auction of fashion in aid of Belgian Relief Fund, WW1
Page from The Tatler reporting on a fashion show and auction of dresses at the Savoy Hotel in aid of the Belgian Relief Fund at the Savoy

Lady Muriel Paget (1876 - 1938), nee Finch-Hatton, wife of Sir Richard Surtees Paget, second Baronet of Oldfallings Hall, Wolverhampton

Duchess of Marlborough at Relief Fund meeting
Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough (nee Vanderbilt, later Balsan), presiding over a meeting of supporters of thee American Womens War Relief Fun at 41, Grosvenor Square in August 1914

Singapore besieged by Japan, by G. H. Davis
Singapore island besieged by Japan during the Second World War: a relief map from Johore to the beleaguered fortress in the Far East where the defending British forces retreated on 31 January 1942

British retreat from Thermopylae to Athens by G. H. Davis
From Thermopylae to Athens: the last valiant British retreat. A relief map looking southwards, showing the last stages of a glorious rearguard action during the Battle of Greece, Second World War

Advertisement for Dunlop tyres, WW1
A patriotic advertisement for Dunlop tyres in the early stages of the First World War. Dunlops are British-made -- avoid continental tyres made by the enemy! Date: September 1914

The Battlefield of Gettysburg. Photograph from Huidekopers relief map of the battlefield. As it was in 1863. Date: 1901

Works by Charles Sargeant Jagger, British sculptor
Three works by Charles Sargeant Jagger (1885-1934), British sculptor. At the top: Music, the design which won him the Prix de Rome in 1914. Lower left: Prometheus Bound

Italian advertisement for Calming Fort Effective In headaches, tooth pain, colds, flu, and periodic rheumatism Pharmaceutical laboratory

American occupation of Iceland by G. H. Davis
The USA in European waters: American occupation of Iceland during the Second World War. A detailed relief map of Iceland, its fjords and mountains, showing distances from America

Seaport of Alexandria, Egypt, by G. H. Davis
Alexandria, Egypts chief seaport since 330 BC, and chief naval base of the Allied Mediterranean Fleet during the Second World War

London street with King George VI display
A narrow London street with a display marking the accession of King George VI. Date: circa 1936

Memorial stone, sea wall, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Memorial stone forming part of the sea wall at Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, dated 1922-1923. The sea wall and esplanade were constructed by the Corporation of Kirkcaldy during a period of trade

Effects of taking the waters
The rather adverse effect of taking the waters at Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg !!! Date: circa 1910s

Advert for Allcocks Plasters for aches and pains WWI
Allcocks Plasters for pain relief, backache, rheumatism, lumbago and any local pain. 1916

Slavers Raiding a Village on the Aruwimi River, Central Afri
Engraving showing Arab slavers raiding a village beside the Aruwimi River, as seen from the Yambuya Camp occupied by Sir Henry Morton Stanleys Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1888

Tippoo Tibs Grand Canoes on the Congo River, 1888
Engraving showing Tippoo Tibs grand canoes travelling down the Congo River during Sir Henry Morton Stanleys Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1888

Egyptian Wall Relief
Wall relief in the inner sanctuary of the AMUN TEMPLE (TEMPLE OF LUXOR), depicting the god AMUN-RE (left), Horus (centre) and Alexander the Great (?), Luxor Egypt. Date: BC

Egyptian Relief
Relief at the east side of the 4th Pylon of Thutmosis I, showing the god Amun Re (left), Rameses II (centre) and Osiris (right), Karnak Thebes (modern Luxor), Egypt. Date: 13th century BC

CLARINDA PLAQUE
Memorial plaque of Clarinda (real name Agnes Maclehose), Edinburgh. She had an affair with ROBERT BURNS in 1788 and corresponded with him as Clarinda to his Sylvander. Date: 1759 - 1841

Head of a Woman in Profile (c.1939-40). Luke, John 1906-1975. Date: 1939-40 (circa)

Allegory of the Via Aemilia. Unknown. Date: Unknown

Nikko, Japan - Interior Mausoleum of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
Nikko, Japan - The interior of the Mausoleum of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (Nikko Tosho-gu). Date: circa 1910s

Nikko, Japan - Carving of a sleeping cat - Toshogu Temple Date: circa 1910s

Iffley, Oxfordshire - St Mary the Virgin - West Door
The Norman West Door at the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Iffley, Oxford. Date: circa 1910s

Elevsis, Greece - Marble Sarcophagus
Eleusis (Elefsina, Elevsis), West Attica, Greece. Marble sarcophagus with a relief about the hunt of the Calydonian boar. Roald Dahl was stationed at the Elevsis aerodrome

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