Bruce Collection (#10)

The Fatalist
THE FATALIST. I m sure they ll ear this damn thing squeakin.. Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1St Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959)

If Only We Spoke the Truth by Bruce Bairnsfather
A disgruntled gentleman in evening dress thinks aloud, I wish you drank something cheaper, while glowering at his female companion who looks somewhat worse for wear due to all the champagne shes

Down at the Ration Dump by Bruce Bairnsfather
Down at the Ration Dump " Call me a Tank again, my lad, and I ll knock yer - - ead off!" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1917

The Glorious Fifth by Bruce Bairnsfather
" Ere, Guy Fawkes - buzz off!" A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather, a soldier is admonished by one of his fellows for carrying around enough explosives to Guy Fawkes jealous. Date: 1916

The Candid Friend by Bruce Bairnsfather
The Candid Friend " Well, yer know, I like the photo of you in your gas mask best" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1916

The Communication Trench by Bruce Bairnsfather
The Communication Trench PROBLEM - Whether to walk along the top and risk it, or do another mile of this A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1916

Bystander masthead featuring Old Bill
Masthead design for a post-war edition of the Bystander magazine featuring one of its main stars the cartoon character created by Bruce Bairnsfather

Captain Bruce Bairnsfather at work
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather (1888-1959), British soldier, artist and cartoonist, famous for his curmudgeonly creation, Ole Bill - a typical British Tommy - during the First World War for The Bystander

Bruce Castle C17
Bruce Castle, Tottenham : the subject of interesting legal altercations in the 17th century involving a deserted husband, a natural daughter and a disputed will. Date: 1686

His Christmas Goose by Bruce Bairnsfather
Illustration by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather showing a soldier on sentry duty looking hungrily at a goose, with the caption, You wait till I comes off dooty

Solar System explosion
Original images from the Hubble Telescope, NASA, with light and objects added and then a zoom effect applied

Space Image from the Hubble Telescope with zoom effect applied
An image from the Hubble Telescope with zoom effect applied

Solar System from the Hubble Telescope
An image from the Hubble Telescope with zoom effect applied

The 1922 British expedition to Mount Everest. First row, from left: George Mallory, George Ingle Finch
MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION. The 1922 British expedition to Mount Everest. First row, from left: George Mallory, George Ingle Finch, Tom George Longstaff, C. Geoffrey Bruce, Edward L

Captain Scott returning from a shopping expedition in Norway
Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868 - 1912), the famous Polar explorer, returning from Norway on the Wilson liner, Aaro, where he was purchasing sledges

Portrait of Joseph Bruce Ismay
Joseph Bruce Ismay, Managing Director of the White Star Line and President of the International Mercantile Marine Company

Asquith & Lloyd George in the boxing ring by Bairnsfather
Humorous satirical illustration by Bruce Bairnsfather showing the politicians, Asquith and Lloyd George, both of whom served as Prime Minister during World War I, in a boxing ring facing each other

Kathleen Bruce and Peter Markham Scott, 1913
Photograph of Kathleen Bruce, wife of Robert Falcon Scott, and their son, Peter Markham Scott, in Kathleens studio, 1913. Peter Scott (1909-1989) was later better known as an artist and ornithologist

This Weeks Studdy - (Pillow)
Bandaged paw looking pleased with himself following the destruction of an eiderdown pillow.George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

King David II of Scotland (1324-1371) (reigned 1329-1371). He was the last male of the House of Bruce

Portrait of Jacob Daniel Bruce (1669-1735), First third of 18th century. Artist: Anonymous
Portrait of Jacob Daniel Bruce (1669-1735), First third of 18th century. Found in the collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

James Bruce, Lord Elgin, (1811-1863), 19th century. British colonial administrator and diplomat. Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, (1900)

Free Fare, Jockey: B. Hobbs, 1939. Winner of the General Peace Open Hurdle Race at Lingfield in 1938. From Racehorses & Jockeys, 1938 - A Series of 40. [W. D. & H. O. Wills, Bristol, 1939]

Battleship, Jockey: B. Hobbs, 1939. Battleship (1927-1958) was an American thoroughbred racehorse who is the only horse to have won both the American Grand National

James Bruce Helps His Follower, c1925. Artist: Charles Dudley Tennant
James Bruce Helps His Follower, c1925. James Bruce, (1730-1794), Scottish traveller. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 1 by Harold Wheeler. [The Waverley Book Company, Ltd. London, c1925]

Bruce kills Sir Henry Bohun, 1314 (1864). Artist: James William Edmund Doyle
Bruce kills Sir Henry Bohun, 1864. Sir Henry de Bohun (died 1314) was an English knight who died on the first day of the Battle of Bannockburn, killed by Robert the Bruce (1274-1329)

Comyn Stabbed By Bruce, 1902. Artist: Patten Wilson
Comyn Stabbed By Bruce, 1902. John III Red Comyn, Lord of Badenoch and Lord of Lochaber, also known simply as the Red Comyn (died 1306)

The Seal of Robert Bruce, 1910. King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329. Robert was one of the most famous warriors of his generation

Lord of the Isles, 1823. Artists: Charles Theodosius Heath, Robert the Bruce
Lord of the Isles, 1823. The Lord of the Isles is a rhymed, romantic, narrative-poem by Sir Walter Scott, written in 1815. After Robert Smirke (1753-1845). [Hurst, Robinson & Co. London, 1823]

Robert the Bruce reviewing his troops before the Battle of Bannockburn, 1314 (1905). Artist: EBL
Robert the Bruce reviewing his troops before the Battle of Bannockburn, 1314 (1905). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. I

Edgar Bruce, British actor, 1884. Artist: St Jamess Photographic Co
Edgar Bruce, British actor, 1884. A photograph from The Theatre, A Monthly Review, Volume III, January to June, 1884, edited by Clement Scott, David Bogue, London, 1884

The Battle of Bannockburn, 24th June 1314. A print from Cassells Illustrated History of England

Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland, (1749). King of the Scots from 1306-1329, Robert the Bruce (1274-1329) led Scotland during the Wars of Scottish Independence

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, statesman, 1882. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, statesman, 1882. A lawyer, Henry Austin Bruce (1815-1895) entered politics, being elected Liberal MP for Merthyr Tydfil in 1854

James Bruce, Scottish traveller and travel writer, (1870). Artist:s Freeman
James Bruce, Scottish traveller and travel writer, (1870). Bruce (1730-1794) travelled extensively in the Levant and Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia

US Astronaut Bruce McCandless spacewalking, 1984
US Astronaut Bruce McCandless on Mission 41-B on extravehicular space movement using first nitrogen-propelled, hand-controlled, tether-free device, giving greater mobility to spacewalkers. 1984

Two Drops of Comfort, 1871. Artist: Joseph Swain
Two Drops of Comfort, 1871. A publican holds up a notice detailing the latest proposed government measures whilst one of his regulars keeps a firm grip on his beer with one hand

The Good Little Vitler, 1874. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Good Little Vitler, 1874. The little victualler is rewarded by the new Conservative Home Secretary, RA Cross. The previous Home Secretary, HA Bruce

Jonny Bruce, 2008. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Johnny, Dave Stapleton Quintet, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, May 2008

Bruce Ingram by John St Helier Lander
Sir Bruce Stirling Ingram OBE MC (1877 - 1963), journalist and newspaper editor. The grandson of the papers founder, Herbert Ingram, he edited the Illustrated London News from 1900 to 1963

Stanley Bruce Alongside Two Australian Soldiers
Australian High Commissioner Stanley Bruce (left) stands beside two of his compatriots outside the Strand Theatre, London

Old Bill and Co. July 1940
Old Bill prepares a shield wall of defences to protect the English coast from German invasion: " Thats enough about ow Arold did it at Astings. I m doing it now!" 1940

Old Bill and Co
As Old Bill looks ready to fend off a German invasion, an officious old woman asks, " Shouldn t a great, grown, hulking man like you be doing something towards the defence of his country

Old Bill and Co. September 1940
" No, you were wrong, Bill! That wasn t another warnin you eard." Bruce Bairnsfathers cartoon makes light of the repeated air-raid warnings civilians were subjected to during the Battle of

The Better Ole, by Bairnsfather and Eliot, WW1
The Better Ole, by Bruce Bairnsfather and Arthur Eliot. First produced by Charles B Cochran at the Oxford Music Hall, London, August 1917

Cartoon, group of London theatre managers
Cartoon showing a group of disconcerted London theatre managers, including William Holland with the long, spiky moustache, and John Hollingshead just behind him -- Something really ought to be done

Bruce Bairnsfather Fragments from France exhibition, 1916
Advertisement in The Graphic for an exhibition of drawings by the popular soldier cartoonist Bruce Bairnsfather. The pictures were exhibited at the Graphic Galleries, 190 Strand

George VI on board HMS Duke of York, Scapa Flow, WW2
King George VI on the quarterdeck of HMS Duke of York, Scapa Flow, WW2. With him are Rear-Admiral J G Glennie, Rear-Admiral R L Burnett, Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Moore

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"Remembering Bruce: A Man of Many Talents and Adventures" Bruce, a name that echoes through history, conjures images of bravery, resilience, and artistic brilliance. From the Men of the 1924 Everest Expedition to his wartime Toby jugs during WW1, Bruce left an indelible mark on the world. In moments frozen in time, we see Old Bill kneeling before the Cenotaph in Whitehall, paying homage to those who sacrificed their lives, and is here that we glimpse Bruce's deep understanding of humanity's struggles and triumphs. His artistry knew no bounds as he captured pivotal moments like the Battle of Bannockburn or depicted poignant scenes in his books such as "Things That Matter" and "A Miner Success. " Through his WW1 cartoons like "One of Our Minor Wars, " Bruce shed light on the realities faced by soldiers with both humor and empathy. Yet it was not only war that defined him; adventure beckoned him too. The Mount Everest Expedition of 1924 showcased his thirst for exploration and pushing boundaries. His postcards from this journey stand as testaments to his courage amidst nature's grandeur. Beyond war zones and mountaintops, Bruce found solace in simple pleasures like Albion Rovers FC football team matches or Bonzo's latest antics illustrated by Studdy. These glimpses into lighter moments reveal a man who understood life's balance between seriousness and joy. With each stroke of his pen or brushstroke on canvas, Bruce Bairnsfather immortalized stories that needed telling – tales like "The Thirst For Reprisals. " He became a voice for those whose voices were often silenced or forgotten. Today we remember Bruce – an artist, adventurer, storyteller – whose legacy lives on through these fragments from history. In our hearts forever remains a man who dared to capture truth with compassion while reminding us all what truly matters - our shared humanity.