Images Dated 2014 August

Matania - Last Absolution of the Munsters

'The Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois' - painting by Fortunino Matania. This painting relates to an incident in France in May of 1915, when the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Munster Fusiliers suffered very heavily at Rue du Bois, in the Pas de Calais close to Arras. The action was only one of many local attacks which ended disastrously through lack of support. Colonel Victor Rickard, recently appointed to command, was killed in the attack, as was his Adjutant, Captain Filgate. Both are represented in the picture, alongside Father Gleeson, who is shown giving the Absolution on the evening prior to the action taking place.
1915

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Variations on a Popular Theme - Scottish fashions, 1927

Variations on a Popular Theme - Scottish fashions, 1927 from Scottish fashion housesshowing ubiquitous and fashionable jumper and cardigan suits from Pettigrew and Stephens of Glasgow, Greensmith Downes of Edinburgh and Jenners of Edinburgh Date: 1927

© Mary Evans / Jazz Age Club Collection

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Sempervivum tectorum or common houseleek

Sempervivum tectorum or common houseleek. Illustration from Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Plantarum succulentarum historia (vol. 1) Date: 1799

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