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Drawings of France, Belgium, Palestine, and Egypt during World War I.
Title
Drawings of France, Belgium, Palestine, and Egypt during World War I.
Published
1915-1920.
Physical Description
2 v.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Stored in 2 boxes.
In English.
Provenance
Purchased from Peter Harrington on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2009.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Vernon Garrold Bell (1890-1929) was a veteran of World War I and a forester with the Federated Malay States. In 1908, he graduated from St. John's College, Oxford, with a Diploma in Forestry. In 1912, he became a forester in the Federated Malay States. In 1915, he married Emmeline Dorothea Yorke (1890-1967); they divorced in 1927. In 1915, Bell also entered military service during World War I, and served in France, Belgium, Palestine, and Egypt. In 1920, he returned to Malaya and served in various roles as a forester in Negeri Sembilan, Kuala Lumpur, Kedeh, and Perak North. Bell also organized the Forest Section of the Malaya Pavilion at the British Empire Exhibition in 1924-1925. He died in an airplane accident at Jask, Persia.
Summary
Two albums that chiefly collect drawings with captions by Bell, as well as occasional photographs and ephemera, that document his military service in France, Belgium, Palestine, and Egypt during World War I, 1915-1920.
The first album includes 89 drawings that document the activities of British soldiers during World War I serving on the Western Front, near Fleurbaix, France, and Flanders, Belgium, 1915-1916. Images include depictions of life in the trenches, dugouts and billets, as well as views of war-torn landscapes and buildings. Many drawings also show wildlife during the conflict, including birds and rodents. A few snapshot photographs document a signal corps and bayonet practice.
The second album includes 268 drawings that chiefly depict natural history subjects and military life in Egypt and Palestine during the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I and afterward, 1917-1920. Images of nature include insects, birds, and plants, and well as landscape views. Images of military life relate to Bell's role as a dispatch rider. The album also contains clippings, including two pieces from "The Field: The Country Gentlemen's Newspaper" written by Bell: "A Dispatch Rider in Palestine" and "Ascalon and Beersheba." It also includes a couple of drawings related to wildlife in Malaya in 1915.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 17, 2014
References
Vernon Garrold Bell, Drawings of France, Belgium, Palestine, and Egypt During World War I. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Vernon Garrold Bell, Drawings of France, Belgium, Palestine, and Egypt During World War I. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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Albums (books)
Drawings (visual works)
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