Large shell on its way to the front, First World War Size:XL: 100 x 70cm A view of the Staple

A view of the Staple Inn and shop fronts on Holborn

In the foreground figures stand sheltering under umbrellas watching the event

'The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes'

Showing the royal procession on the River Thames approaching the bridge

Large shell on its way to the front, First World War Size:XL: 100 x 70cm A view of the StapleLarge shell on its way to the front, First World War, 1914 1916, (c1920). Someone has jokily written Iron Ration on the side. Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European War 1914 1918, seventh edition, (The Swarthmore Press Ltd, London, c1920).