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(187) D.1584 - Tommies playing with their little pet
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (187) D.1584 - Tommies playing with their little pet |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74547074 |
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| Description | Two uniformed men with a small dog. The two men are sitting outside on a pile of sandbags. The man on the left holds the front paws of the dog as it stands on its hind legs. There is another man sitting on the ground with his back to the camera. This relaxed and informal photograph is thought to have been taken by John Warwick Brooke. 'Tommy’ is 'Tommy Atkins’, a fictional hero figure representing the average British soldier. During the war many soldiers kept dogs, and other animals, as pets or mascots. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. Tommies playing with their little pet.'] |
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| Description | John Warwick Brooke, of the Topical Press Agency, was the second British official war photographer to go to the Western Front in 1916. The demands placed on he and his colleague, Ernest Brooks, were heavy. They had to take as many photographs as possible, with as much variety as possible, a difficult task for two men covering an army of over two million. Despite this, Warwick Brooke managed to take what would become some of the most memorable images of World War I. As an officially appointed photographer, Warwick Brooke was assigned to the Western Front to follow the progress of the British Army. During his time there, between 1916 and 1918, Warwick Brooke is estimated to have taken over 4,000 photographs. |
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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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