Royal visits
(36) C.2073 - H.M. the King. H.M. the Queen. H.R.H. the P. of W., Monsieur Poincare, Madame Poincare, Sir Douglas Haig and Sir Francis Bertie
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Royal visits > (36) C.2073 - H.M. the King. H.M. the Queen. H.R.H. the P. of W., Monsieur Poincare, Madame Poincare, Sir Douglas Haig and Sir Francis Bertie |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74546470 |
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| Description | From left to right this image shows the President of France, Monsieur Poincare; his wife Madame Poincare; the Prince of Wales; the British Ambassador to France, Sir Francis Bertie; Sir Douglas Haig; George V and Queen Mary. They are all standing outside the entrance to a building for this formally posed shot. [Original reads: 'BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE WESTERN FRONT. H.M. the King. H.M. the Queen. H.R.H. the P. of W., Monsieur Poincare, Madame Poincare, Sir Douglas Haig and Sir Francis Bertie.' The photograph's original caption reads, 'BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE WESTERN FRONT. H.H. the King. H.M. the Queen. H.R.H. the P. of W., Monsieur Poincare, Madame Poincare, Sir Douglas Haig and Sir Francis Bertie.'] |
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| Description | Photographs of royal visits to the Western Front. Royal visits were seen as an important way of boosting morale. |
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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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