Picture No | 10731344 |
Date | 1915 |
Description | The Country House Season 1915 by Charles Robinson, WW1 |
Details |
'House party at Castle Bareacres coming down to dinner during the munitions season.' A pastiche on the traditional, upper class house party of the pre-war era, showing aristocratic visitors instead dressed in work clothes and leaving the factory floor to descend down a grand staircase for dinner. Barrels of cordite, picric acid and other explosive material can be seen pilled up by a suit of armour. The bewigged footman is temporarily interrupted from war work too. He wears a War Service badge and hides a saw behind his back.
|
Source | Illustration by Charles Robinson in the The Bystander, 28 July 1915 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
Restrictions |
|
Thank you for visiting our website. If you are interested in licensing this image please email us at pictures@maryevans.com or telephone us on +44(0)20 8318 0034. If you are already registered to use this website, you can log in here. |