Wood Collection (page 79)

Charcoal works - Quay de Grenelle, Paris
Piles of wood at a charcoal works, Paris

Charcoal production - wood storage, France
Charcoal works at Quay de Grenelle, Paris. A horse-drawn wagon is loaded up

Thiepval Wood 1916
Men of the Border Regiment resting in a front line trench at Thiepval Wood Date: August 1916

Indian cavalry 1916
The Deccan Horse line up in ranks in the Carnoy Valley, waiting for the order to advance during the Battle of Bazentin Ridge, the beginning of the second phase of the Battle of the Somme

Delville Wood 1916
A British communications trench is dug through Delville Wood, which has been devastated by the heavy fighting in the area during the opening months of the Somme campaign

Hamel Wood 1918
Australian soldiers up near the front line at Hamel Wood on the Western Front in France during World War I in August 1918

Auriol Wood 1918
A gap in the barbed wire through which Australian troops advanced to capture a row of machine gun posts near Auriol Wood on the Western Front in France during World War I in September 1918

Castles in the Air
A young lady with arms behind her head, reclines in a field. Flowers are strewn all around her, even within the hat that lies by her side

Battle of the Somme
The old British Front Line trenches during the Battle of the Somme, Delville Wood, Somme, in France during World War I on 3rd july 1917

Autumnal trees
A stark bare scene of Autumn trees with a last few turning leaves hanging onto the branches. Oil painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Light through the trees
The light from the rising sun bursts through a misty morning scene of an autumnal wood. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Captured German dugout, Battle of Albert
Photograph of an incredibly elaborate and well-built German dug-out in the northern corner of Bernafay Wood, captured by the 9th Division during the Battle of Albert on the 3rd July during the first

British troops, the Somme 1916
Weary British troops rest after action at Aveluy Wood during the battle of the Somme

The Butt, Polygon Wood
The Butt in Polygon Wood, Belgium on the Western Front during World War I in 1917

British troops 1916
Exhausted British troops return from the trenches near Bernafay Wood, which had been taken on 3rd July in the early days of the Battle of the Somme

Trones Wood 1916
Trones Wood after a snowstorm in November 1916. The Wood had become a desolate landscape, devastated by the constant barrage of shells

A tank in 1917
A British soldier stops a tank in Costhoek Wood, Belgium on the Western Front during World War I in September 1917

Lancashire fusiliers in a bay of a front trench showing a Lewis gun and wire. Opposite Messines near Ploegstreert Wood, Belgium during World War I in January 1917

Battle of Messines Ridge
View of Oosttaverne Wood showing trenches taken by the British at the Battle of Messines Ridge, Western Front, Belgium during World War I in June 1917

Carpenters building a wagon
Three carpenters working on a wooden wagon, using traditional tools and techniques. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

A country shooting party in Austria
A picnic during a country shooting party in Austria. The men sit in the foreground amid the baskets of food, guns and dog

Sir Evelyn Wood at the Tower of London
Field Marshal Sir Henry Evelyn Wood (1838-1919) after his installation as the new Governor (or Constable) of the Tower of London, a position he held until the year he died

Fortune-Hunting
Coloured engraving, " Fortune-Hunting" published by H. Humphrey, London, 20 November 1804. HPG/8/2/1 (xli)"

Undated photograph of wooded areas around Borley Rectory. HPG/1/3/3 (xx)

Italy - Ox Wagon
An Ox wagon heading along a steeply-descending lane through an Italian village, transporting a large load of wood

Fairy Tales of Spring - Red Riding Hood by Pauline Baynes
Red Riding Hood illustrated by Pauline Baynes, one of four fairy tales reflecting the seasons. Little Red Riding Hood is distracted in her mission to take a basket to grandmother by the flowers in

Shakespeare statuette
A Shakespeare statuette made of mulberry wood, 15 inches high, believed to be early 17th century. It was on sale at Sotheby s, 14 July (year unknown), and was the property of Hugh Blaker (1873-1936)

Artists palette with paint, brushes and yellow rose
An artists palette with blobs of different coloured paint, two paintbrushes, and a yellow rose

Period musical instrument making
A company specialising in the production of period musical instruments. A man turns a piece of wood on a lathe which will eventually form part of a recorder

Hansel and Gretel - Snow White and the Seven Dwarves - illustrations by Malcolm Greensmith to these two classic Fairy Tales

Carved staircase, Cromwell House, Highgate Hill
The carved staircase in Cromwell House, 104 Highgate Hill, North London. According to tradition, the 17th century mansion was presented by Oliver Cromwell to his eldest daughter Bridget

House of Lords cleaners
Two cleaners in the House of Lords, vacuuming and polishing in preparation for the State Opening of Parliament in a few days time

Tiny Town carpenters constructing a shop
A group of Tiny Town carpenters constructing a shop, part of a Tiny Town exhibition at Olympia, West London

Wood Street Tree
The famous tree in Wood Street, Cheapside

Early aviation artefacts
A selection of early aviation artefacts associated with Louis Bleriot and Alcock & Brown. There are two pieces of wood from the plane in which Bleriot flew the English Channel in 1909

The Nymph of the Tree Top
A nymph, naked except for diaphanous drapery, stands above the tree tops surveying the forest below

Scene in a timber yard, Kashgar, western China
Scene in a timber yard in Kashgar, western China, with many logs stacked up. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Titanic carver chair
A Chippendale style wooden carver chair from the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship, which sank on 15 April 1912

Gran pops nose is put out of joint by Lawson Wood
Now that King Kong has appeared in London, this might happen to Gran pop (the wily orang utan created by artist, Lawson Wood) at any moment

Two men sawing a log, Madhya Pradesh, India
Two native men sawing through a large log in Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Wheelwrights - Mandu, Madhya Pradesh
Wheelwrights at work near Mandu, Madhya Pradesh Province, India attach metal rims to large cart wheels. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Transporting wood - India
Wooden ox-pulled carts filled with wood pause at the roadside in the Madhya Pradesh Province, India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Ox cart and driver, Madhya Pradesh, India
A cart drawn by two oxen, and its young driver, in Madhya Pradesh Province, India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Guari wood carrier, Northern Nigeria, Africa - she is standing on a Train Station platform

Hornsey Wood House, London
Hornsey Wood House, once the hunting lodge of Queen Elizabeth I

Wont Nobody Kiss Us Good-Night? By Lawson Wood
A colour illustration by artist Lawson Wood showing two orangutans waiting to get a kiss before they go to bed

Who Said Gentlemen Prefer Blondes? By Lawson Wood
A colour illustration by artist Lawson Wood showing two male cats fighting over a pretty female cat. Date: 20th August 1930

An advertisement for The Sketch Book and Winters Pie, by
A colour illustration by artist Lawson Wood showing a bear photographing two little monkeys up on a tree branch. The picture originally appeared in Winters Pie, a charitable publication

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