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(126) D.1351 - Learning the language, with the miller's daughter
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (126) D.1351 - Learning the language, with the miller's daughter |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74548154 |
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| Description | Two rather jaunty looking soldiers are engaged in chatting to a local girl. They have their hats tipped back and are casually smoking cigarettes. They are both posing slightly. The girl appears to be dressed in her work clothes and is behaving in a coy, embarrassed manner. There is work yard paraphernalia in the background. Despite the cosy propaganda value of this picture, by the later stages of the war many local women sold themselves or their daughters to soldiers in exchange for food or warmth. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. Learning the language, with the Miller's daughter.'] |
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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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