January 1917: A group of women in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland paint the hull of a Royal Navy Motor Launch with anti-fouling paint on a snowy day. First World War.
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On this day: a Manor House in England
The manor house of Cheylesmore, England in a watercolour and ink painting by William Henry Brooke, dated the 25th of December, 1820. Parts of the building date back to the year 1250, and some of its most famous residents were Edward, the Black Prince and Henry VI.
Unfortunately, much of what did survive the Second World War was demolished in a development project in the 1950s.
Cheylesmore now makes up part of the southern half of the city of Coventry in the West Midlands.
Christmas Morning…
Christmas Morning (1885) by British painter Charles William Mansel Lewis
Winter at War
Anzac soldiers in the snow near Mametz, France at the end of the Battle of the Somme. 1916-17. By Frank Crozier (1883–1948), Australian official war artist.
From the collection of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
One Hundred Years Ago
This painting, created in 1919, shows the German fleet surrendered in Scotland in 1918, eleven days after the end of the First World War. The caption by Britain’s Imperial War Museum is below:
The German Fleet at Anchor off Inchkeith, Firth of Forth – after the Surrender, 22nd November 1918.
On this day…
H.M.S. Electra, struck by a “whirlwind” on the passage from Auckland, New Zealand to Sydney, New South Wales on the 20th of November 1856.
On this day: the Battle of Agincourt
Morning of the Battle of Agincourt, 25th October 1415.
The Battle of Agincourt, part of the Hundred Years’ War between England and France and both kingdoms’ allies, was fought on the 25th of October, 1415, and resulted in an English victory.
This painting depicting the beginning of the battle was created by Sir John Gilbert in 1884.
