1941 Collection

Mr Foxs Hunt Breakfast on Christmas Day
Mr Foxs Hunt Breakfast by Harry Bingham Nielson (1861-1941), showing a group of foxes dressed in hunting garb, sitting down to a breakfast of game birds

Warship Hms Hood
HMS Hood, completed in 1920, was the worlds largest warship for more than two decades. She was finally sunk by the Bismarck in 1941 at the Battle of Denmark Strait

Photograph of Granville Tavern, Ponders End, Greater London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

H. M. S. Warspite
An overhead view of H.M.S.Warspite during the Battle of Cape Matapan. Warspite was a veteran British Queen Elizabeth class battleship which had taken part in the Battle of Jutland in World War I

The Sinking of the Bismarck
The sinking of the German Battleship Bismarck. In response to sinking the HMS Hood, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the order to " Sink the Bismarck"

HMS Suffolk, heavy cruiser, the ship that shadowed the Bismarck by maintaining radar contact from the evening of 23rd May 1941 for 31 long hours until the early morning of 25th May

Geological map of the British Islands. 1941

The Stuka Advertised
Junkers JU-87 Stuka dive- bombers featured in an advertisement exploiting their sinister shape and fearsome reputation Date: February 1941

HMS Hood, British battlecruiser
HMS Hood, a British Admiral-class battlecruiser, launched 1918, served before and during the Second World War, sunk 24 May 1941. Seen here from above. Date: 20th century

WOLFMAN, 1941. Lon Chaney, Jr. in the title role of The Wolfman, 1941

Fairey Swordfish Torpedo-Bomber; Second World War, 1941
Painting showing a Fleet Air Arm Fairey Swordfish torpedo-bomber-reconnaissance airplane flying over a British destroyer (bottom centre) and the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious (back right), 1941

British aircraft camouflage, 1941
British aircraft camouflage, showing how the colours appear to merge into their surroundings, 1941. Date: 1941. Aircraft include Blenheim Bomber, Hudson Bomber, Wellington Bomber, Skua Bomber

HMS Duke of York firing a broadside; Second World War
Photograph showing the Royal Navy battleship HMS Duke of York firing her 14-inch guns, whilst heavy seas break over her bows, sometime during the Second World War

Deborah Mitford by Madame Yevonde
The Hon. Deborah ( Debo ) Mitford (born 1920-), daughter of Lord Redesdale and youngest of the six Mitford sisters, pictured shortly before her marriage to Lord Andrew Cavendish

Winston Churchill inspecting the damage to the House of Commons after an attack during the Blitz

WW2 poster, Fly with the RAF
WW2 poster, Men in reserved occupations can now fly with the RAF as pilot or observer. Apply nearest combined recruiting centre. Date: 1941

Bismarck, German battleship, WW2
The German battleship, Bismarck. The ship was sunk on 27 May 1941 in battle with British naval forces. Date: 1941

Virginia Woolf 1930
VIRGINIA WOOLF English novelist

British Boxer Freddie Mills - signed postcard from 1941
Frederick Percival ( Freddie ) Mills (1919-1965) - English boxer, and the world light heavyweight champion from 1948 to 1950

WW2 poster, The British Commonwealth of Nations Together. 1941

The Strand, Calne, Wiltshire
The Strand, Calne, near Chippenham, Wiltshire, England. Date: 1941

Tagore, Rabindranath (1861-1941)

CHICAGO: CHILDREN, 1941. Children jumping rope outside of an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by Edwin Rosskam, April 1941

Yamashita Tomoyuki(1885-1946) General of the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. 1941

Gloster E 2839 -Britains first jet aircraft that took to the air for the first time in May 1941

H. M. S. Warspite
A view of the bridge of H.M.S. Warspite, from where, as his flagship, Admiral Andrew Cunningham oversaw the Royal Naval actions during the engagement with the Italian Navy at the Battle of Cape

World War II themed Coca-Cola advertisement poster, 1941
COCA-COLA AD, 1941. World War II themed Coca-Cola advertisement poster, 1941

CITIZEN KANE. 1941. Orson Welles as Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane, 1941, which Welles also directed

HMS RODNEY
British battleship whose finest hour will come in May 1941 when her accurate gunfire is the crucial factor in the sinking of the German warship Bismarck Date: 1927 - 1941

RAF Bristol Blenheim Fighter-Bombers; Second World War, 19
Illustration showing three Royal Air Force Bristol Blenheim mark IV fighter-bomber-reconnaissance airplanes over enemy territory in 1941

Winston Churchill in Bristol, 1941
Winston Churchill visits bomb-damaged Bristol on 12th April 1941, during World War Two. Date: 12th April 1941

Singapore, bastion in the East, by G. H. Davis
Britains great bastion in the East: Singapore, stubborn obstacle to Japans ambitious projects in Southern Asia during the Second World War

WW2 Aircraft - A Spitfire and Heinkel 111K
WW2 - Engagement in the air between a German Heinkel 111K long-range bomber and an RAF Spitfire, which has secured a hit. Date: circa 1941

WW2 - Chef cooking in a bombed-out street - Blitz, London
WW2 - His restaurant and kitchen destroyed by German bombing, a Chef continues to cook al fresco in a bombed-out street - Blitz, London. Date: circa 1941

Italy, Venice, Antipope
Max Ernst (1891-1976), The Antipope, 1941

Blitz in Plymouth -- St Andrews Parish Church, WW2
Blitz in Plymouth -- the smouldering remains of St Andrews Parish Church, bombed and badly damaged in March 1941. The church was restored, and reconsecrated in November 1957

Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases, Wanted for Sneezing.. Date: circa 1940

AFS despatch rider and messenger, WW2
An AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) despatch rider and messenger on a motorbike at an LFS sub-station during the Second World War

BOXING MATCH, 1941. Match between Lou Nova and Pat Comiskey at Madison Square Garden, New York, 1941

WORLD SERIES, 1941. A view of the action at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York, during Game 3 of the 1941 World Series between the Brooklyn Dodgers (in the field) and the New York Yankees

Kaiser Wilhelm II and his wife Hermine
Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941)pictured with his second wife, Princess Hermine Reuss (1887-1947)

DREADNOUGHT HOAX
VIRGINIA WOOLF as a young woman, with Duncan Grant, Adrian Stephen, Anthony Buxton, Guy Ridley and Horace Cole as " The Emperor of Abyssinia and His Suite"

Baden-Powell / Chief Scout
LORD ROBERT STEPHENSON SMYTH BADEN-POWELL English army and Chief scout

Texas Longhorns with steer mascot, USA
Texas Longhorns (American football team) with their mascot Big Boy, a Longhorn steer), Austin, Texas, USA. Date: 1941

Women of Britain, Come into the Factories. British poster recruiting women for munitions work during World War II
WWII: BRITISH POSTER. Women of Britain, Come into the Factories. British poster recruiting women for munitions work during World War II, by Donald Zec, c1941

A Library Study of Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) is seated at a desk for a library study of the surrealist artist as an author. At the time he was working on his book The Secret Life of Salvador Dali

RAF Poster, Back Them Up! WW2
RAF Poster, Back Them Up!, showing a raid by Hudson planes of the Coastal Command on German shipping at Aalesund, Norway, during the Second World War, in which eleven ships were hit. 1941

CHICAGO: BARBER SHOP, 1941. A barbershop in the Black Belt section of Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by Edwin Rosskam, April 1941

Captain Charles Upham
Portrait of double VC winner, Captain Charles Upham (). Born in New Zealand, Upham was a sheep farmer who distinguished himself during World War Two on two occasions

Swordfish Torpedo-bombers on board HMS Victorious, Second
Photograph showing Fleet Air Arm Swordfish torpedo-bombers gathered on the stern of the Royal Navy aircraft-carrier HMS Victorious, during the Second World War, 1941

V for Victory. US World War Two propaganda postcard
V for Victory. World War Two propaganda postcard: United We Stand - featuring a backdrop of stripes from the American flag. The card also features the morse codes symbols for the letter v. Date: 1941

Blitz in London -- bomb disposal at Charing Cross
Blitz in London -- soldiers using a trolley to remove a land mine on Hungerford Railway Bridge, Charing Cross, on 17 April 1941

Mr and Mrs Salvador Dali
The surrealist artist, Salvador Dali (1904-1989) and his wife, Gala. At the time he was working on his book The Secret Life of Salvador Dali

Soviet Women Read Pravda
Soviet women factory workers read Pravda on the day the Anglo-Soviet Agreement is announced

Mina Crandon
American physical medium, whose authenticity was much questioned but never conclusively disproved

German Tanks Advance
A German tank column, accompanied by infantry, advances into Russia

Emanuel Lasker
EMANUEL LASKER German mathematician, philosopher & chess master, defeated Steinitz in 1894 and retained title till defeated by Capablanca in 1921

Sir James George Frazer
SIR JAMES GEORGE FRAZER Scottish Anthropologist Author of The Golden Bough

Autogyro Landing Pad
In tomorrows cities, the autogyro landing pad will be a standard feature, enabling travelers to fly directly to the city centre, landing on a rooftop

London firewomen playing netball, Westminster SW1
A netball competition between London Fire Brigade firewomen teams played at Greycoat School, Greycoat Place, Westminster

Blitz in London -- bomb disposal at Charing Cross
Blitz in London -- soldiers using a trolley to remove a land mine on Hungerford Railway Bridge, Charing Cross, on 17 April 1941

James Joyce
James Augustine Joyce Irish Writer

Bomb damage to Keyes Garden on the Matthew Bank Estate, Jesmond, Newcastle. 29th December 1941

Evacuee children in gas masks near Windsor, 1941
London babies find peace in the country: a nurse walks evacuated children in gas masks across a playground, to accustom them to the wearing of gas masks. LCC Residential School near Windsor

Soldiers play darts at the Wayfarers Club with local girls in Liss, Hampshire. 20th January 1941

Lambeth and Kennington area of London - April 1941. Picture shows The Old Tennants Hostel on the left. Possibly Newburn Street but this is not confirmed

Clearance of an unexploded bomb in Hull during the Second World War. One of many dropped by the Luftwaffe on the city of Hull over three nights in May 1941

Hull, Yorkshire, World War Two. A bomb disposal unit pictured with an unexploded bomb that has been found in Craven Street, Hull

FALL / K. C. SPANIEL / 1941
BARHAMs CHAMPION ASHTONMORE LOVESONG Owned by Swan. Date: 1941

Barcelona International Exhibition. 1929. Poster from an illustration by R. Bas. View of Paseo de Maria Cristina with the Montju fountains and the National Palace

Battle of Cape Matapan
The three British Royal Naval warships which played the leading role in the Battle of Cape Matapan, off the coast of the Greek Peloponnesian peninsula

German gliders in Battle of Crete by G. H. Davis
Landing air troops: German gliders of the Battle of Crete during the Second World War. By the use of gliders, parachutes and mass-produced aeroplanes for crash landings

Sir Robert Baden-Powell playing the Kudu Horn, Birkenhead, 1
Photograph showing Sir Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941) (centre), the English soldier and founder of the Boy Scouts, playing the Kudu horn at a Scouts World Jamboree, Birkenhead, July 1929

James Joyce
JAMES AUGUSTINE JOYCE Irish writer; holding a copy of Ulysses

Evelyn Underhill
EVELYN UNDERHILL Mystic and author

The Cambridgeshire Home Guard pictured during the Second World War, 1941

Bristol
Members of the Bristol contingent. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

Short S23 Empire flying boat, AX659, after conversion to military use, taxying on Belfast Lough in April 1941. This aircraft was formerly G-AETY, Clio

Three dancers dancing the Harlem conga, a blend of the lindy hop, conga and the Australian kangaroo hop
HARLEM: DANCERS, 1941. Three dancers dancing the Harlem conga, a blend of the lindy hop, conga and the Australian kangaroo hop, at a dance hall in Harlem, New York, 1941

Blitz in London -- AFS personnel receiving treatment, WW2
With the Blitz still at its height, Londons firefighters and fire support crews are removed to local hospitals for emergency treatment after receiving injuries fighting the fires started by enemy

LFB and the Blitz - Queen Victoria Street
The moment that an unsupported front wall of a building, severely damaged by fire, dramatically collapsed into the street

NFS (London Region) mobile kitchen vehicle
Donated to the London Region of the NFS by the Canadian Red Cross, the mobile kitchen unit displayed at the Regional (Brigade) Headquarters, Lambeth, SE1 is seen here with its side canopies extended

View of City fires from St Pauls Cathedral, WW2
Blitz in London -- view of City fires from St Pauls Cathedral following an air raid

Government supplied NFS pump escape and trailer pump
A grey pump escape and trailer pump prior to having its NFS station identification number painted on the side. Seen here at the London Fire Brigade headquarters in Lambeth

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In the year 1941, amidst the chaos of war and the shifting tides of history, a myriad of events unfolded that left an indelible mark on our collective memory. From Mr Fox's Hunt Breakfast on Christmas Day to the sinking of warship HMS Hood, this was a time when both joy and tragedy coexisted. The Wolfman prowled onto screens in 1941, with Lon Chaney Jr. Embodying the title role in this iconic horror film. Meanwhile, battleships like H. M. S. Warspite and H. M. S. Suffolk sailed through treacherous waters as they fought valiantly for their countries. One cannot forget the haunting image of British battlecruiser HMS Hood succumbing to its fate during a fierce naval encounter or the resolute firing of broadsides by HMS Duke of York during World War II. As we bid farewell to old ways and embraced new beginnings, artist David Wright captured this sentiment perfectly in his artwork "Off with the Old, On with the New. " It symbolized hope amidst uncertainty. Amidst these turbulent times, advertisements showcased technological advancements such as The Stuka bomber or Fairey Swordfish Torpedo-Bomber - powerful machines that played pivotal roles in shaping history. Even amidst turmoil, beauty still found its way into our lives. Deborah Mitford's ethereal portrait by Madame Yevonde reminds us that even in dark times there is room for elegance and grace, a year filled with triumphs and tragedies; it encapsulated humanity's resilience against adversity while reminding us that artistry can flourish even amid chaos.