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(280) D.2277 - Cathedral at Ypres as it appeared at the end of 1916
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (280) D.2277 - Cathedral at Ypres as it appeared at the end of 1916 |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74547340 |
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| Description | The ruined tower of St Martin's Cathedral dominates the right hand side of the picture. To the left, one soldier stands in front of the doorway and another is walking away from the ruins. The photographer, John Warwick Brooke, has recorded the artillery marks on the building in the foreground. Small wooden carvings and even portions of the stained glass windows of the ruined medieval cathedral were taken from the ruins by members of the Allied Forces. Several can still be seen in churches and museum collections in Britain. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. The Cathedral at Ypres as it appeared at the end of 1916.'] |
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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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