Category:JM's World War One Sketchbooks

JM's World War One sketchbooks are a series of 123 pen-and-ink drawings and watercolours from two volumes titled: "Sketches of the War: France/Belgium". The sketches vary from satirical cartoons to more detailed and naturalistic renditions. They are often accompanied by an ironic title and are often signed with the artist's initials, "J.M." The artist's satirical targets include the officers and high command of both combatant sides; the disjuncture between reported and actual events, and the death of civilians as a fact of modern warfare.

Book 1 contains a dedication indicating the artist bound the images himself and presented them to his daughter, Adele, at some point after 1918 Armistice. Based on the dedication, and on the dates of the sketches, it is believed that the artist

was a member of the Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery (the regimental crest and motto appear at the top of the page)
was based in France and Belgium (specifically around Ypres and Menin) between 1917-1918
he survived the war (one of the images is dated 1920)
his initials were JM [1]

Media in category "JM's World War One Sketchbooks"

The following 99 files are in this category, out of 99 total.

'Are We Down-hearted? No! But you b- well will be soon'. Dickebusch (18174527930).jpg 5,696 × 5,170; 3.65 MB
'Deutschland Uber Alles' Germans Cleaning the Streets of Belgium. Sweveghem Nov. 1918 (17741608583).jpg 4,974 × 6,873; 4.26 MB
'Teaching the Young Idea How to Shoot'. American Officers at a Forward Ordnance 'Shop' (17739624744).jpg 6,833 × 5,214; 6.17 MB
19 Marche aux Poisson, St. Omer (17739687604).jpg 6,833 × 5,254; 6.15 MB
2nd Anzac (17741636293).jpg 4,833 × 6,853; 3.6 MB
50 Kilo From Anywhere. 'You Damned Ass - I Know You Did it for Fun' (18174466098).jpg 4,853 × 6,192; 4.15 MB
A Battle in Flanders. As Pictured by the Daily Papers (18362233485).jpg 6,495 × 4,895; 5.14 MB
A British Hindenburg (18174396938).jpg 5,034 × 6,693; 5.38 MB
A Remount Depot. Horse Camouflage (18363750631).jpg 6,813 × 5,114; 4.85 MB
A Second Volume of Sketches of the War (title page) (18335762146).jpg 5,134 × 6,833; 4.56 MB
A War Office 'Officer'. A British Officer, speaks German, and Manners of a German Sergeant (18174369298).jpg 5,114 × 6,573; 3.65 MB
Abeele (17741519643).jpg 6,773 × 5,174; 5.76 MB
Abeele, November (18363715291).jpg 7,054 × 5,315; 5.36 MB
Across the Ypres Canal (17739535864).jpg 5,655 × 4,829; 5.34 MB
Activity in the Air (18362150935).jpg 7,034 × 5,234; 5.45 MB
Ancient Britons Hatch a Plot. From the Croton Tapestry (18358083612).jpg 6,853 × 5,214; 5.62 MB
Are You There?....B-an - Two 6-inch Mark 19 Knocked Out (18175946199).jpg 4,853 × 6,733; 5.94 MB
Boche Prisoners (18362095885).jpg 6,809 × 5,190; 4.3 MB
Boonhoek 26-L.2.C.6.3 (17741414113).jpg 5,335 × 7,034; 5.46 MB
C'est La Guerre (17739439034).jpg 7,074 × 5,415; 5.76 MB
Caricature of a French officer (18174296330).jpg 5,154 × 6,833; 4.04 MB
Caricature of a man with a hunting rifle and dog (18174209048).jpg 5,315 × 7,054; 4.97 MB
Chinese 'Working' on the Railway. Near Kemmel (18362014675).jpg 6,853 × 5,174; 4.62 MB
Cook's Son, Duke's Son, Son of a Millionaire (18363549391).jpg 4,893 × 6,713; 4.02 MB
Creatures Who Once Were Men. British Prisoners Released by the Germans. November 14th, 1918. Sweveghem (17739370844).jpg 5,194 × 6,593; 4.39 MB
Dadizeele (18361907235).jpg 5,034 × 6,633; 4.39 MB
Dickebusch, Dressing Station (18335451786).jpg 6,733 × 5,180; 5.1 MB
Dirty Bucket Corner (17741217583).jpg 7,054 × 5,134; 5.67 MB
Dollieu, a Historical Farm (18357814282).jpg 7,134 × 5,174; 6.33 MB
Dollieu, Voluntary Help (18335418026).jpg 6,853 × 5,254; 5.71 MB
Four sketches of soldiers (18357791892).jpg 5,515 × 8,617; 8.74 MB
French soldier on horseback (18335396466).jpg 7,094 × 5,335; 5.22 MB
French soldiers (17741165753).jpg 5,455 × 5,250; 3.92 MB
General G-'s Joke (18363338561).jpg 6,833 × 5,214; 5.31 MB
Gulleghem. Killed in Action, 18-10-18 (18173953648).jpg 4,693 × 6,593; 5.05 MB
Hello! H.Q. Genr'l's Compliments - Wants to Know if You Realize We're in the Midst of a Battle? (17741094043).jpg 5,014 × 6,693; 6.03 MB
Horse show (18361732685).jpg 6,853 × 5,234; 5.54 MB
How Tommy Gets His Clothes Washed (18361710625).jpg 6,753 × 5,054; 5.57 MB
In Conference. 'I Leave it to You, Gentlemen, Number 7, Jazz or Bunny-hug?' (18357648552).jpg 4,954 × 6,473; 3.83 MB
Indian Graves on Mont Des Cats (18173875128).jpg 6,853 × 5,154; 5.17 MB
Interesting Information (17739052314).jpg 5,274 × 6,813; 5.98 MB
Inverness Kop (18335216806).jpg 5,114 × 6,693; 5.66 MB
Inverness Kop. German M.G. Post (18335200426).jpg 5,395 × 7,114; 4.41 MB
Joy Riding in Flanders (18357568932).jpg 6,640 × 5,211; 4.84 MB
La Clyte (18361603455).jpg 6,971 × 5,262; 5.66 MB
Lancashire in a Shell Hole. 'Art th'urt, Ole Mon?'. 'Le'me 'lone - A'm Prayin' Like Hell'. Hell Fire Corner (17740930013).jpg 6,803 × 5,218; 4.53 MB
Ledeghem Road (18361574835).jpg 4,974 × 6,553; 4.9 MB
Leinsters' Camp Shelled - Stampede of Horses Through Dickebusch (18361563805).jpg 6,813 × 4,893; 5.22 MB
Leve England! (18361551535).jpg 5,054 × 6,412; 3.92 MB
Mein Gott! I Vorgot, Vas my Christmaz Dinner Not dis Jahr in London to Haf? (18357483842).jpg 4,994 × 6,432; 4.69 MB
Monks from Mont des Cats arriving at St. Omer (18357473502).jpg 6,853 × 5,234; 5.88 MB
Mont des Cats (18357460882).jpg 5,274 × 7,855; 5.46 MB
My Dear Papa... (18363047241).jpg 4,994 × 6,653; 6.67 MB
No Man's Land. The 'Front' (17738837434).jpg 7,029 × 5,297; 5.51 MB
No. 15 Rue de Boeschepe, Poperingue (18361449675).jpg 6,392 × 5,234; 5.92 MB
Not Pictured by the Daily Papers (17738821634).jpg 6,432 × 4,512; 4.3 MB
O.C.'s Laundry. O.C. Baths. O.C. Lard. O.C. Flies (17738803324).jpg 5,114 × 6,653; 5.18 MB
Officers Travelling in Converted Trucks (18173592618).jpg 5,094 × 6,272; 5.6 MB
On Mont Des Cats (17740731973).jpg 6,813 × 5,014; 5.39 MB
Ouderdom (18175208999).jpg 5,335 × 5,130; 4.2 MB
Our Feet Shall Stand Within Thy Gates, O Jerusalem. Psalm CXXII (18175201079).jpg 6,678 × 5,125; 4.02 MB
Picturesque (?) Flanders (18173528618).jpg 7,174 × 5,335; 5.61 MB
Post Straat, Moorseele (18173578440).jpg 5,094 × 6,493; 6.86 MB
Promotion (18362856461).jpg 6,873 × 5,174; 4.45 MB
Proven (18362846401).jpg 6,873 × 5,194; 5.31 MB
R.H.A. Wash-out. '...Pity 'tis, tis true' (17738668814).jpg 5,091 × 5,530; 4.05 MB
Ramparts, Ypres (18173532210).jpg 7,114 × 5,315; 5.22 MB
Requiescat in Pace (17740577613).jpg 6,936 × 5,309; 5.66 MB
Romeo - 'Arise Fair Moon...'. Tommy - 'Go In You Blinkin' Turnip' (18175055329).jpg 6,853 × 5,174; 4.92 MB
Sir Tommy (18334655266).jpg 5,154 × 6,853; 3.92 MB
Sketch of a soldier carrying a wounded man (18173332980).jpg 2,440 × 3,316; 1.68 MB
Sketch of soldiers in gas masks attending to wounded men (17740417873).jpg 4,720 × 3,295; 2.68 MB
Sketch of wounded soldier on stretcher (17740410883).jpg 3,925 × 1,737; 1.17 MB
Sketches of the War- Franace-Belgium, First Volume (title page) (18174891609).jpg 6,693 × 5,134; 4.94 MB
Soldier passing bomb-damaged house (18362570301).jpg 4,913 × 6,132; 7.9 MB
Soldiers marching at night (18174851029).jpg 6,913 × 4,954; 4.51 MB
Spotlights lighting up the night sky (17738369704).jpg 7,162 × 5,315; 5.36 MB
The Base A.P.M. Impressing the Public (18173156788).jpg 6,813 × 5,194; 5.12 MB
The Battery S.S. (18356916612).jpg 5,074 × 6,693; 3.97 MB
The Church Army (18360912395).jpg 5,174 × 6,813; 4.68 MB
The Earl (18173079958).jpg 5,014 × 6,412; 4.14 MB
The Earl-King (18356837162).jpg 6,693 × 5,655; 7.79 MB
The Hannebeck (17740203973).jpg 5,074 × 6,232; 5.09 MB
The Jolly Old War Office (17738229584).jpg 5,074 × 6,372; 6.57 MB
The Language of Love. 'Yah, Missy' 'O, Yez' (After a Pause of 5 Minutes) (18360835435).jpg 4,994 × 6,593; 4.51 MB
The Leave Boat. One Touch of Nature Makes the World Kin (18174652629).jpg 6,833 × 5,254; 4.86 MB
The Little Grey Home in the Wet (18360810955).jpg 7,174 × 5,375; 6.36 MB
The Railway Station at Abeele. Aug. 18, 1917 (17738182334).jpg 6,833 × 5,254; 5.5 MB
The Tramway, Kemmel (18174614959).jpg 6,979 × 5,230; 6 MB
The W.A.A.C. (18362313851).jpg 5,154 × 6,813; 3.9 MB
Under Fire. 1. Tummy-achey. 2. Inquisitive. 3. Interested. (18172906758).jpg 4,974 × 6,613; 3.93 MB
Under Shell Fire - The Great German Offensive (18356663492).jpg 7,034 × 5,375; 6.17 MB
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. August 1918 (17740042153).jpg 6,823 × 5,201; 5.25 MB
Wanted - A School. The Gold'n Rule- 'Ead-an'-'Eart Up... 'Ands-an'-'Eels Down (18362223111).jpg 5,214 × 6,493; 3.95 MB
War? (18356624442).jpg 8,056 × 6,109; 7.65 MB
What the Devil Was That? (18174476909).jpg 6,873 × 5,214; 4.84 MB
What! What!! (17738016774).jpg 5,174 × 6,833; 3.75 MB
With the 8-inch How. - Enemy Counter-Battery Work (18356581172).jpg 5,174 × 6,713; 7.49 MB
Ypres (18362151751).jpg 6,533 × 4,873; 4.59 MB