Victoria to Vimy The First World War Collections at the University of Victoria Libraries

WWI Sketchbooks collection: J.M. sketchbooks, volume 1

Page Title:
inside cover
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
inside cover - cropped
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
Sketches of the War: France, Belgium, first volume.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
War? Pop's Daily Straf. 214m (8 in)
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
No. 15 Rue de Boeschepe. Poperingue.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
Belgium--Popering;


Page Title:
water-colour painting
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
Dickebusch. Dressing Station.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
Belgium--Dickebusch


Page Title:
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
Abeele.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
Belgium--Abeele


Page Title:
On Mont des Cats.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
France--Mont des Cats


Page Title:
Indian graves on Mont des Cats.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
France--Mont des Cats


Page Title:
A Boche victory. An 'Armoured' Cat. Buseedum.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
The Base A.P.M. impressing the Public.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
A Remount Depot. Horse camouflage.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
Nest. Abeele.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
Belgium--Abeele


Page Title:
Ramparts Ypres.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
Belgium--Ypres


Page Title:
How Tommy gets his clothes washed.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
Belgium--Abeele


Page Title:
The Exodus from Abeele.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
Belgium--Abeele


Page Title:
Leinster's Camp shelled - stampede of horses through Dickebusch.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
Belgium--Dickebusch


Page Title:
Antient Britons hatch a plot. From the Croton tapestry.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
Chinese 'working' on the railway. Near Kemmel.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
Belgium--Kemmel


Page Title:
A battle in Flanders. As pictured by the Daily Papers.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
Belgium--Flanders


Page Title:
Not pictured by the Daily Papers.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
Under shell fire. The Great German Offensive.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
'What the devil was that?'
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
R.H.A. Wash-out. '...Pity 'tis, tis true.'
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
'Strafing' our baloons. Dickebusch.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
Belgium--Dickebusch


Page Title:
C'est La Guerre.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
Nieppe. Hauling down the balloon.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
France--Nieppe


Page Title:
Romeo - 'Arise fair moon...' Tommy - 'Go in you blinkin' turnip.'
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
Ypres.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
Belgium--Ypres


Page Title:
General G---'s toke.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
Promotion.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
Renaissance.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
The railway station. Abeele.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
Belgium--Abeele


Page Title:
'Teaching the young idea how to shoot.' American Officers at a forward Ordnance Shop.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
water-colour painting
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
Lancashire in a shell hole. 'Art th'urt, ole mon?' 'Le' me 'lone - a'm prayin' like 'ell.' Hell Fire Corner.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
Dollieu. A Historical Farm.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
France--Dollieu


Page Title:
The Leave Boat. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
The Earl King.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
Monks from Mont des Cats arriving at St. Omer.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
France--Mont des Cats; France--St. Omer;


Page Title:
Abeele. November.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
Belgium--Abeele


Page Title:
Requiescat in peace.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
Dollieu - voluntary help.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
France--Dollieu


Page Title:
19. Marche aux Poisson. St. Omer.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
France--St. Omer


Page Title:
The little grey home in the wet.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
Removals on the shortest notice. St. Jans Cappel.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
France--St. Jans Cappel


Page Title:
La Clyte.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
Bomb hole - 41 feet diameter, 18 feet deep.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
France--Villers Bretonneux--Crucifix Corner


Page Title:
Dirty Bucket Corner.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
Belgium--Ypres--Dirty Bucket Corner


Page Title:
Joy riding in Flanders.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
Belgium--Flanders


Page Title:
drawing
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
2 DA comite sportif.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
Kemmel. The tramway.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
Belgium--Kemmel


Page Title:
Boche prisoners.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. Psalm CXXII.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
Camouflaging a road. International Corner.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
Picturesque (?) Flanders.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
Belgium--Flanders


Page Title:
Activity in the air.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
drawing
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
Bailleul cemetary.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918
Location(s):
France--Bailleul


Page Title:
No Man's Land. The 'Front'.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
Proven.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
water-colour painting
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
last page
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
inside cover
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918


Page Title:
cover
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1917-1918



Description:
The collection consists of 2 bound portfolios of First World War paintings and ink drawings, presumed to have been created by "JM". This first volume, titled "Sketches of the War--France--Belgium--First Volume" includes the dedication inside the front cover "to my daughter Adele" and signed "JM, 1917-1918". 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. The artillery cap badge illustrated on the dedication page indicates the artist, "J.M." was with the Royal Regiment of Artillery during WWI. The watercolour on page 61 bears a blue stamp "Vise par L'Autorite Militaire Britannique, British Army." Other clues found in the drawings indicate that JM was an officer.
Subjects:
Word War, 1914-1918
Date:
1917-1918
Title-Alternative:
Sketches of the war - France - Belgium - first volume
Collection:
Word War I sketchbook collection