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Wollen Collection

Background imageWollen Collection: A map of the Colne Valley Cloth District

A map of the Colne Valley Cloth District
Pictorial map of the Colne Valley Cloth District in Yorkshire, drawn by the poster artist and designer Leslie MacDonald Gill the year before his death, in 1946

Background imageWollen Collection: Our ?Little Contemptibles?, 1914

Our ?Little Contemptibles?, 1914.Oil on canvas by William Barns Wollen (1857-1936), 1918 (c); exhibited at the Royal Academy 1918 (No 260).Composed of regular soldiers and reservists

Background imageWollen Collection: England V Wales Rugby

England V Wales Rugby
England defeat Wales at Blackheath by 17-0

Background imageWollen Collection: The Canadians at Ypres, 1915

The Canadians at Ypres, 1915, depicting the Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry at Bellewaerde Ridge on 8th May 1915

Background imageWollen Collection: Our Little Contemptibles, WW1

Our Little Contemptibles, WW1
Our Little Contemptibles, by William Barnes Wollen, RI ROI RBC (1857-1936)

Background imageWollen Collection: The Retreat from Mons by W. B. Wollen

The Retreat from Mons by W. B. Wollen
With the British regulars during the famous retreat from Mons in the opening weeks of World War I. In the narrow streets of Landrecies, soldiers of the Grenadier

Background imageWollen Collection: Royal Escort of Life Guards at St James's Palace, London

Royal Escort of Life Guards at St James's Palace, London Date: 1915

Background imageWollen Collection: English Civil War, 1645

English Civil War, 1645 (c). Watercolour by William Barns Wollen, 1900. Associated with English Civil War (1642-1649). Date: circa 1645

Background imageWollen Collection: Last stand of the 2nd Devons at Bois des Buttes, WW1

Last stand of the 2nd Devons at Bois des Buttes, WW1
Original sketches for the painting entitled Semper Fidelis - Ever Faithful (The last stand of the 2nd Devons at Bois des Buttes, May 27th 1918)

Background imageWollen Collection: British Expeditionary Force landing in France August 1914

British Expeditionary Force landing in France August 1914
British Expeditionary Force landing in France, August 1914. By William Barnes Wollen, RI ROI RBC (1857-1936). Date: 1914

Background imageWollen Collection: A glimpse of the enemy

A glimpse of the enemy Oil on canvas by William Barns Wollen (1857-1936), 1910 (c). An officer and a trooper of 16th Light Dragoons (or the Queen)

Background imageWollen Collection: Landrecies, 25 August 1914

Landrecies, 25 August 1914.Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right W B Wollen 1915, by William Barns Wollen (1857-1936), 1915

Background imageWollen Collection: Wolsey bathing suits and beach suits advertisement, 1931

Wolsey bathing suits and beach suits advertisement, 1931
Advertisement for Wolsey bathing and beach suits made of smooth, soft wool, with an elastic, close-ribbed knit that makes them fit, in the water or out of it, just like an extra skin. Date: 1931

Background imageWollen Collection: Napoleon Buonaparte on the coast of France

Napoleon Buonaparte on the coast of France
DREAMS" - Napoleon Buonaparte on the coast of France. Dreams, 1805.Watercolour drawing by William Barnes Wollen, 1890 (c).Depicts Napoleon I, 1805.Associated with the Napoleonic Wars

Background imageWollen Collection: Hunderttausende heimatstreuer Oberschlesier wollen zur Absti

Hunderttausende heimatstreuer Oberschlesier wollen zur Abstimmung Fahren... Gebt zur Bayer. Grenz-Spende (Bagreta). Poster shows a large group of figures in the shape of Upper Silesia

Background imageWollen Collection: Das ist der Weg zum Frieden - die Feinde wollen es so! Darum

Das ist der Weg zum Frieden - die Feinde wollen es so! Darum zeiche Kriegsanleihe!. Poster shows a clenched, ironclad fist

Background imageWollen Collection: Fashionable young lady of the 1930s

Fashionable young lady of the 1930s
A fashionable young lady of the 1930s, with dark red lipstick and a light green woolly jumper and darker green scarf


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