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Drawer 1 [L]
whole: the title is positioned across the top in white. The image occupies the centre, incorporating some text. The main
text is located in the lower third, in white. All are set against a grey background.
image: a scene within a cottage of an older woman consoling a younger woman, who kneels with her face pressed to the older woman's lap. In
the background left an uneaten breakfast is laid out on a table.
text: G R
KING GEORGE'S FUND FOR SAILORS
Patron: HIS MAJESTY THE KING
'And the stately ships go on
To their haven under the hill,
Oh for the touch of a vanished hand
And the sound of a voice that is still.'
'A HOPELESS DAWN' Painted by .... FRANK BRAMLEY,
Reproduced by kind permission of THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF BRITISH ART.
IN AID OF THE SAILORS OF ALL SERVICES, THEIR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.
The First Lord of the Admiralty stated:-
'We ought to thank the Navy and the Merchant Service with every mouthful we eat.'
PLEASE SEND YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO:
H.R.H. The DUKE OF CONNAUGHT, Trinity House, London, E.C.3.
PRINTED BY JOHNSON, RIDDLE AND CO. LT.D. LONDON, S.E.1. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | civilian suffering interior women / womens work George V King George's Fund for Sailors Charities aristocrats King Royalty WW1 British Home Front | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Johnson, Riddle and Co Ltd, Penge, London SE20 | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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