Royal visits
(81) D.1742 - H.M. looking at the remains of Thiepval Church
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Royal visits > (81) D.1742 - H.M. looking at the remains of Thiepval Church |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74547166 |
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| Description | There are two men in the picture, King George V and a companion, and they are standing in an empty field. The field itself is lush with deep shrubs, which have little flower heads on them. They are undulating in the breeze for as far as the eye can see. There are also tree stumps visible in the background. The two men are standing either side of a triangle, head height, made of three pieces of metal strapping. They are simply standing and surveying the scene. It is thought that this personal photograph was taken by John Warwick Brooke. The destruction in France was vast by the end of the war. The Royal visit here is a physical acknowledgement of events and would have been an important public relations exercise in the area. The caption on the back of the photograph reads, 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. H.M. looking at the remains of Thiepval Church.'] |
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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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