McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches and cuttings in the Middle East. 1916-1919]

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-291-q-012

Description: A humorous newspaper issued at the Aotea Convalescent Home, Heliopolis, Cairo. It contains notices relating to the Belgian Palace at Heliopolis; humorous menu for a Cairo restaurant, and other notices designed to amuse. Other Titles - Scandal newspaper Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on 6-page pamphlet, 307 x 210 mm, mounted on album page 336 x 238 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-016

Description: The upper work is a watercolour showing the whote domed tomb of Sulieman from the water. The lower picture on a postcard shows a statue of a seated man in a formal garden setting. The tomb at Ctesiphon may be that of Salman the Persian. Other Titles - Salman's Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard. Physical Description: Watercolour and black and white postcard, both mounted on album page 336 x 238 mm.

Date: 1911 - 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-029

Description: Watercolour at top left shows a silhouette of a sailing ship at evening or dawn. The ink and watercolour drawing by Alan Reid at top right shows a roughly clad caveman standing outside the doorway of a stone building and watching the approach of his son through a telescope. At lwer right is a half-length portrait a a smiling soldier smoking a cigarette. His right arm is in a plaster and a sling and he wears a Red cross label. Perhaps the title means he is smiling because the cigarette was free ("buckshee"). Quantity: 3 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, and watercolour sketches mounted on album page 336 x 238 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-291-q-024/025

Description: Includes a published illustration of the Byzantine mosaic based on a sketch by McFarlane (wrongly attributed to one "Mackenzie" but corrected by hand here). Quantity: 2 pages of newsclippings. Physical Description: Black and white newsclippings, mounted on two album pages, each 336 x 238 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-291-q-006

Description: Three sketches: Top left - a full length profile portrait of a balding man in military uniform holding a sheet of paper Top right - a head and shoulders profile sketch of a soldier in a lemon-squeezer hat and military jacket with the collar turned up Bottom - Shows a full length portrait of a man, a British soldier, sleeping on a bed. Other Titles - Captain; Garden Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour sketches mounted on album page 336 x 238 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-291-q-008

Description: Shows a full length profile portrait of an African man in white shirt and knee-length baggy trousers, with a blue commerbund and collar. He wears a tall red fez with the word "Calabria" written across it diagonally. "Calabria" is probably the name of the warship; this man may be a staff member on the ship. Other Titles - Port Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 187 x 121 mm, mounted on album page, 336 x 238 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-291-q-021

Description: The top pencil sketch shows a soldier on his bed covered in a mosquito net, writing a letter. There is a tortoise on the floor beside him. At the right of this sketch is the head of a man in a turban, and a "scene in the Garden of Eden" showing a very small patch of shade at the base of a palm tree (similar to a sketch at E-288-q-008). The pencil sketch at left centre shows a profile portrait of a soldier in a pith helmet on a galloping horse. The pencil drawing at centre right shows an officer in a pith helmet seated on a deck chair beside a river with a fishing rod. There is a shelter on ploes above him and a servant with a fly whisk stands behind him, keeping flies away. The ticket at the bottom of the page is a Suez Canal Zone pass for Sapper McFarlane for permission to be absent from his quarters from 3pm to 9.30 pm on 25 September 1917, for the purpose of proceeding to Ismailia Station Moascar. Quantity: 3 drawing(s). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) (ticket). Physical Description: Pencil drawings and ticket, mounted on album page 336 x 238 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-291-q-007

Description: Shows a view of a church building with a double-arched porch, a cross on the ridgepole, and a square steeple with coloured stone cornering. There is a tree in the centre foreground and another at the right; these both partially obscure the church building. Other Titles - Port Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 184 x 121 mm, 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-291-q-001

Description: Shows a group photograph of five rows of men, 61 in all, in military uniforms with pith helmets. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photographic cutting, 145 x 282 mm, stuck to inside front cover of album