Till Gallery

His Christmas Goose by Bruce Bairnsfather

Illustration by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather showing a soldier on sentry duty looking hungrily at a goose, with the caption, You wait till I comes off dooty'. Bairnsfather's series of cartoons for The Bystander of Old Bill depicting ordinary soldiers and trench life during World War I were immensely popular and provide a lasting legacy of Great War humour. Date: 27th November 1916

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

German women's costumes of the late 15th century

German women's costumes of the late 15th century. In dress adorned with gold on the collar and sleeves. From a painting in the collection of Katharina Sattler, Mainburg Castle. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher

© Florilegius

Suffrage Songsheet N.U.W.S.S

Suffrage Songsheet N.U.W.S.S. Suffrage songs raised the roof of the Royal Albert hall at the meeting held on Suffrage Saturday, 13th June 1908. Includes verses by H. Crawford to the tune, Song of the Western Men, To spread our cause, we shall not pause, Till women shall be free. Date: 1910

© The March of the Women Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

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