Greatcoat Collection

Napoleon at Fontainebleau During the First Abdication - 31 March 1814, (1845). Artist: Paul Delaroche
Napoleon at Fontainebleau During the First Abdication - 31 March 1814, (1845). The invasion of France by the Allies culminated in Napoleons abdication of 11 April

Capt. Adelaide B. Baylis, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Capt. Adelaide B. Baylis, 1917 or 1918. Bacteriologist Adelaide Brooks Baylis (d. 1965) who served as a captain in the National League of Women's Services Motor Corps in New York during World War

Maj. H.H. Kipp, Col. A.S. McLemore, Maj. W.H. Parker, and Capt. T.G. Sterrett, 10 Nov 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Maj. H.H. Kipp, Col. A.S. McLemore, Maj. W.H. Parker, and Capt. T.G. Sterrett, 10 Nov 1917 (date created or published later)

Gen. von Diffenbach & staff, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service. Gen
Gen. von Diffenbach & staff, between 1914 and c1915. Karl Dieffenbach (1859-1936), a Prussian officer and General of Infantry in World War I.

The squad is on the march, 1923. Creator: Unknown
The squad is on the march, 1923. From a collection of 153 photographs and documents drawn from the personal archives of people who lived in the town of Berdsk in the late 19th

The Prince and his Comrades: Camp-Fire after Dinner in the Terai, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince [of Wales] and his Comrades: Camp-Fire after Dinner in the Terai, 1876. The future King Edward VII in India. Every night in camp a large fire of wood is lighted close to the mess-tent

The Prince of Wales in the Terai: the camp fire after dinner...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales in the Terai: the camp fire after dinner, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. The future King Edward VII in India

La Supreme Offensive Russe; Le general Broussilof generalissime Russe; A sa droite, Le... 1917. Creator: Unknown
La Supreme Offensive Russe; Le general Broussilof generalissime Russe; A sa droite, Le general Gourko, 1917. The Russian supreme offensive: General Brusilov (right) and General Gurko

Des prisonniers Allemands, qui viennent de toucher leur ration de pain, 1915. Creator: Unknown
'Le bon pain Francais; Des prisonniers Allemands, qui viennent de toucher leur ration de pain de troupe, ne dissimulent pas leur satisfaction, 1915

'Deux Generaux atteints par la meme balle, le 12 mars 1915, 1915. Creator: Unknown
'Deux Generaux atteints par la meme balle, le 12 mars 1915, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

'La Guerre de Tranchees; Le Grand Chef, le general Joffre, 1915. Creator: Unknown
'La Guerre de Tranchees; Le Grand Chef, le general Joffre, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

'Francois-Ferdinand etait venu en Bosnie pour y proceder a une inspection militaire, 1914. Creator: Walter Tausch
'Francois-Ferdinand etait venu en Bosnie pour y proceder a une inspection militaire, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

A Standing Oriental Wearing a Greatcoat, 1753/1762. Creator: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
A Standing Oriental Wearing a Greatcoat, 1753/1762

Garde Mobile de la Seine, Siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Print from a series titled Souvenirs du Siege de Paris. After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III

Yalta Conference of Allied leaders, World War II, 4-11 February 1945. Seated left to right: Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin

Tsar Nicholas II visiting the Russian front, May 1915, (1926). Nicholas II is greeted by Count Bobrinsky while Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army

Josef Stalin and the geophysicist Otto Y Schmidt, 1930s. Artist: Jakov Kalinichenko
Josef Stalin and the geophysicist Otto Y Schmidt, 1930s. An example of Soviet agitprop art. Otto Yulyevich Schmidt was a Russian scientist, mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist

Mans Great Coat, c. 1937. Creator: Frederick Jackson
Mans Great Coat, c. 1937

The Russian Infantryman, 1815. Creator: Johann Christian Erhard
The Russian Infantryman, 1815

A French Recruit Among the Veterans, 1917. Creator: Unknown
A French Recruit Among the Veterans, 1917. From " The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume VIII. Ending The First Three Years", edited by J. A. Hammerton

Types of the Belgian Army, 1919. Creator: Richard Simkin
Types of the Belgian Army, 1919. Soldiers serving during the First World War, 1914-1919: Carbinier, Infantry of the Line (service kits), Artillery, Guide, Grenadier

Field-Marshal Earl Haig, DO Creator: Unknown
Field-Marshal Earl Haig, 1923, (1935). Portrait of British field marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928) who commanded British forces during the First World War

Churchill as an Airman, c1945. Creator: Unknown
Churchill as an Airman, c1945. British politician and statesman Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) in an RAF greatcoat. Churchill learned to fly and once crashed his plane but escaped unhurt

Young Red Guards, Russia, c1917-c1923(?). The original Red Guards were armed groups of workers controlled by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution

Trotsky and Russian delegates welcomed by German officers, Brest-Litovsk, Russia, 1917. Leon Trotsky (1879-1940), Russian Communist leader

King Peter I of Serbia watching the retreat of his defeated army, 1914. Suffering from worsening ill health and with the outbreak of the First World War only a month away

French soldier with wooden crosses to be placed on temporary graves, World War I, c1914-c1918

The surrender of Jerusalem, World War I, 1917. The Mayor of Jerusalem meets British troops under a flag of truce to negotiate the surrender. The city had been in the hands of the Turks

Adolf Hitler shaking hands with President von Hindenburg on the State Day of Honour, 1934
Adolf Hitler shaking hands with President von Hindenburg on the State Day of Honour, 25th February, 1934. From Deutsche Gedenkhalle: Das Neue Deutschland compiled by General Von Eisenhart Rothe, 1939

Adolf Hitler, President von Hindenburg and Hermann Goering, Tannenberg, Germany, 1933
Adolf Hitler, President von Hindenburg and Hermann Goering, Tannenberg, Germany, 27th August, 1933. Hindenburg (1847-1934) with Chancellor Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and Minister Goering (1893-1946)

We Got Off, Paid Our Fare. 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
We Got Off, Paid Our Fare. 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

You Are The Very Man, 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
You Are The Very Man, 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

Reichskanzler v. Bethmann Hollweg 1856-1921, 1934. Theobald Theodor Friedrich Alfred von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856-1921), German politician

Gottlieb Graf von Haefeler 1836-1919. Gemalde von Pataky, 1934
Gottlieb Graf von Haefeler 1836-1919, 1934. Gottlieb Ferdinand Albert Alexis Graf von Haeseler (1836-1919), German military officer of the Imperial Wilhelmine period

Lord Kitchener 1850-1916, 1934. Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916), British Army officer and colonial administrator who won notoriety for his imperial campaigns

The Prince of Wales talking to a British soldier at the front, World War I, c1914-c1918 (1936). The future King Edward VIII speaking with a sergeant of the 13th Battalion (Scottish Horse)

Field Marshal Earl Haig arriving at Cologne, Germany, c1919-c1920. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Field Marshal Earl Haig arriving at Cologne, Germany, c1919-c1920. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig (1861-1928) on a tour of inspection of the Army of Occupation

English footballer Eddie Hapgood meeting King George VI, c1937-c1944. Edris Albert Eddie Hapgood (1908-1973) captained Arsenal and England in the 1930s

Soviet airship landing crew, Moscow, USSR, 1930 (1933). A photograph from Zeppelin-Weltfahrten, Vom ersten Luftschiff 1899 bis zu den Fahrten des LZ127 Graf Zeppelin 1932, Dresden, 1933

Gunners of A battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery equipped for winter service, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
Gunners of A battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery equipped for winter service, 1896. The men have snowshoes strapped to their backs. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 1896

Jean Bouin, French soldier and athlete, 1912. Bouin (1888-1914) competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and at the 1912 Games in Stockholm, where he won a silver medal in the 5000 metres

The cover of The Illustrated London News, 27th February 1875. The War in Spain: King Alfonso breakfasting with his staff. A scene during the Third Carlist War (1872-1876)

Conseils Paternels (Paternal advice), c1888-1918. Un dernier mot, Friederich. Tu vas te marier, tache que tes enfants ne soient jamais pour leur pere ce que j ai ete pour me mien!

Ex-service men and the King, review of 20, 000 Silver Badge men in Hyde Park, London, 1935. Intoduced in 1916, the Silver War Badge (SWB)

Leon Trotsky arriving for peace negotiations with the Germans, Brest-Litovsk, 7 January 1918. Trotsky led the Russian delegation at the negotiations

German prisoners of war with their ration of bread, 1915

Fatigue Duty at Headquaters, German prisoners in Dinan, 1915, (1926). Artist: Maurice Orange
Fatigue Duty at Headquaters, German prisoners in Dinan, 1915, (1926)

John Pershing and Hunter Liggett, American First World War generals, March 1918. Pershing led the American Expeditionary Force in World War I

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