Friendship Gallery

'The Field of the Cloth of Gold', 1520, (1890). Creator: Unknown

'The Field of the Cloth of Gold', 1520, (1890). Field of the Cloth of Gold at Balinghem was a tournament held in June 1520, between King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of France. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. IV - Modern History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

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'Never any lack of company', 1940. Artist: Unknown

'Never any lack of company', 1940. From Life in the A.T.S., booklet on the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), in Tuck's Better Little Book series. The ATS was the women's branch of the British Army during the Second World War, and women serving received two thirds the pay of male soldiers. Initially their duties as were cooks, clerks and storekeepers, but these were expanded to create roles as orderlies, drivers, postal workers and ammunition inspectors. [Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, London, 1940]

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'Summer at The Pines', c1909, (1934). Artist: Unknown

'Summer at The Pines', c1909, (1934). The Pines, 11 Putney Hill, Putney, the home of Theodore Watts-Dunton (1832-1914) an English critic and poet, seen in the lower window. Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic seen in the upper window. After a decline in Swinburne?s health in 1879, he was taken into care by Watts-Dunton at The Pines, who is claimed to have rescued Swinburne from alcoholism. From The Bookman - Special Christmas Number 1934. [Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1934]

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