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(47) L.523 - Death bed scene from 'Othello'
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > David McLellan > (47) L.523 - Death bed scene from 'Othello' |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74548648 |
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| Description | Two members of the 'Turnip Tops' amateur dramatics group, France, during World War I. These two characters seem to be enjoying their time in their roles immensely. Both the men seem very happy and relaxed despite the nature of the scene. Perhaps making fun of such a serious topic was a psychological release from the boredom and horrendous conditions which most soldiers faced during their time in service. This image belongs to a series taken of this group of amateur actors. The group also performed 'The village hero' and 'Romeo and Juliette' and the collection holds photographs of these performances too. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. HIGHLANDERS PRODUCE MUSICAL COMEDY. "TURNIP TOPS". Death bed scene from "Othello".'] |
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| Description | Formerly a photographer with the 'Daily Mirror’, a newspaper which led the field in pictorial journalism, McLellan was appointed as an official war photographer in December 1917 along with Tom Aitken whose work also features in this collection. McLellan is especially noted for his work capturing the huge scale of operations on the Front. McLellan was one of five official photographers working on the Western Front, for the propaganda department during the last two years of the war. The photographers were driven to the site the authorities wanted them to photograph, which meant that most of their material was also largely censored. This did not, however, mean that the photographer did not get to know the people in the picture. |
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| Description | Black-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many of them for propaganda purposes. Unless otherwise stated, titles are the photographs' original captions. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig’s diaries. |
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| Shelfmark | Acc.3155 |
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