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(132) D.1362 - Artillery drivers cleaning up their harness
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (132) D.1362 - Artillery drivers cleaning up their harness |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74548166 |
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| Description | There is a relatively large, flat field disappearing into the distance. There are gun carriages parked in the background, but they are not hitched up. In the foreground is a long wooden stand on which horses harnesses have been pegged. There are soldiers milling about down the side of this. There are also soldiers on a bench polishing bits and reins. Artillerymen often had to work under rather trying circumstances as they tried to transport, manoeuvre and install gun carriages and equipment in war-torn surroundings. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. Artillery drivers cleaning up their harness.'] |
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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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