McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane

Date: 1916 - 1917

From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane

Reference: E-288-q-015

Description: Shows the heads of two men conversing. One eagerly asks if 'Aotea' had been mentioned, but the other replies with a sad face, that it was 'Moascar'. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Crayon drawing on page, 230 x 140 mm.

Date: 1917 - 1918

From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane

Reference: E-290-q-005

Description: Watercolour shows a stone building with a partly ruined tower, in a sloping area surrounded by trees. The stone building is partly obscured by a tree in the right foreground. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on album page, 215 x 270 mm.

Date: 1917

From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane

Reference: E-289-q-001/002

Description: Sketch shows a lake surrounded by flat land with low hills in the distance. At the far side of the lake is an enclosed rectangular area with palm trees growing in it. Some features are labelled; from left: lake (marshy), well, level enclosure, tel[egraph] line, row of drinking troughs, aerodrome (far right distance). Other Titles - East of British headquarters Other Titles - Deir al Balah; Deir El Belah Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on double page spread, 170 x 510 mm.

Date: 1917

From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane

Reference: E-288-q-022

Description: Shows five sketches of faces and full length figures in Cairo: a young boy in a white robe and cap, a woman in a face veil, and old man with a cap and turquoise gown, a woman carrying a sheet of paper (title "Loteria!"), and a middle-aged double-chinned man in a red fez at a cafe table (title "Cafe!") The woman calling "Loteria!" may be playing a game similar to Bingo. Other Titles - Loteria; Cafe Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on page, 230 x 140 mm.

Date: 1918

From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane

Reference: E-290-q-004

Description: Drawing shows a full length profile portrait, from the left, of a bearded elderly man in a turban and long robe, seating holding a walking stick. A line of Arabic is written above the title at the right, in purple ink, possibly the sitter's name written by himself. The name Derweesh may indicate that he is a Sufi mystic. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on album page, 270 x 215 mm.

Date: 1917 - 1918

From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane

Reference: E-289-q-041

Description: The portrait of the head of a Kurdish man, squinting and grimacing. He has a moustache and wears a traditional felt hat, wider at the top than at the brim. This image may be based on a photographic cutting in the "Times of India Illustrated Weekly" for 31 October 1917, page 8 (See clipping at E-291-q-032) Other Titles - Qasr-e Shirin Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour sketch on page 255 x 170 mm.

Date: 1917

From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane

Reference: E-289-q-003/004

Description: Sketch shows the terrain of part of Palestine with a railway viaduct crossing low land. There are hills in the right distance. Some features are labelled - from left: Crops on low hill (1 1/2 m), low-lying clear country, dark green patch, low hill, Rly viaduct (evidently stone) and rly line and embankments (6 miles), low ridge, distant hills (just visible), closer range of nobby hills. There is a compass in lower centre. Other Titles - North Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on double page spread, 170 x 510 mm.

Date: 1917

From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane

Reference: E-289-q-017

Description: Sketch plan of the redoubt shows it encircled by a double row of spiked pits to hinder cavalry. The line of pits has been filled in in the top left quarter. There are communication trenches at the lower left and top centre. The layout of features within the redoubt is shown. There is a compass at top left. Sheikh Nuran Redoubt is labelled on the horizon at 225 degrees. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on page 170 x 255 mm.

Date: 1916 - 1917

From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane

Reference: E-291-q-027

Description: "Tomahawk" Xmas shows a man in a one-piece bathing costume ttentatively wading in ankle-deep water. This picture may be by Alan F Reid (see similar signature on page 029) Major Stafford shows two full length portrait of soliders in brimmed hats. At the bottom of the page is a head and shoulders crayon portrait of a stour white-bearded man in a green turban (similar to that at E-288-q-018) Quantity: 3 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil, watercolour and crayon sketches mounted on album page 336 x 238 mm.

Date: 1916

From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane

Reference: E-288-q-007

Description: Ink sketch shows a paddle steamer at the left, drawn up beside a lower barge at the right on which three New Zealanders and their horses are waiting. The text reads: NZer (on barge): "Any room up there, old boy?" The "Old Boy" (six months' service): "Do you know whom your [sic] addressing?" N.Z.: "No" The "Old Boy": Well! I'm an officah, and a regulah, and we regulahs don't like "Old Boy"" (N.Z. subsides) The paddle steamer could be a P50 rather than a P5. See "A naval history of World War I", by Paul G. Halpern (1995), page 131. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on page, 140 x 230 mm.