Works of art

Painting of Upminster windmill

FUWA-00368
Item
1934

Part of Friends of Upminster Windmill Archive

Painting by the famous war artist Julius Stafford-Baker (1904-1988).

Stafford-Baker, Julius (1904-1988), artist

Tan Mill, near Llanbadarn, Aberystwyth

ASHL-01-16
Item
No date

Part of Hallam Ashley Mill Photograph Collection

Ashley, Hallam (1900-1987), photographer

"The Easter Volunteer Review at Dover"

MCFC-WAR-GBR-002
Item
28 July 1888

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

Illustration on page 433 of "The Illustrated London News" depicting British troops near Guston Mill near Dover. This image is used in "Mills at war", 2019, p.38.

"The Last Meeting of the National Rifle Association at Wimbledon"

MCFC-WAR-GBR-001
Item
28 July 1888

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

Page 80 from "The Graphic" magazine illustrating the National Rifle Association near Wimbledon Common Windmill. This image is used in "Mills at war", 2019, p.38.

The French helping the Russians in Germany

MCFC-WAR-DEU-001
Item
No date

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

"The Duppel Windmill in Ruins"

MCFC-WAR-DNK-001
Item
14 May 1864

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

Illustration from "The Illustrated London News", p. 464 depicting the "aspect of Duppel since the storm of war was swept over that place, leaving many traces of its fury."

"Observatoire anglais dans un moulin"

MCFC-WAR-FRA-042
Item
1917

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

Pages from "L'Illustration" with paintings by Francois Flameng which includes a post mill in Flanders being used an an observation post by the British Army. This postcard is used in "Mills at war", 2019, p.32.

"View of Fredericksburg, Virginia"

MCFC-WAR-USA-002
Item
1863

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

View of Frederickburg showing Excelsior Mills located near the railway bridge after the Battle of Fredericksburg in 1862.

"Requisitioned"

MCFC-WAR-FRA-007
Item
No date

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

French cavalry requisition a windmill. Painted by Andrew Carrick Gow. From a drawing in the collection of W. Cuthbert Quilter. Engraved by J.C. Armytage.

The Sphere

MCFC-WAR-SPH
Item
12 December 1914

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

Volume LIX, No. 777 of "The Sphere" illustrated magazine. Page 265 entitled "Fighting in the Windmill Country of North France and Belgium" shows several windmills that have either been destroyed or used by soldiers.
Pp. 268-9 depicts the Cameron Highlanders capturing a German force near Langemarck, with a smock mill in the background.

"By nature I'm an artist"

MCFC-WAR-USA-005
Item
6 December 1939

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

Cutting from "The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post" dated December 6 1939. The cartoon of the windmill came from the "Boston Transcript". The cutting came from the Rex Wailes Collection.

"Pres du Moulin"

MCFC-WAR-FRA-275
Item
1914 - 1918

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

Postcard dated 31 May 1918. "Pres du gai moulin, en ce coin mysterieux, vivons toujours caches pour vivre heureux" [Near the gay mill, in this mysterious corner, let's live always hidden to live happy]. This postcard is used in "Mills at war", 2019, p.46.

"Campagne de Hollande 1795"

MCFC-WAR-NLD-002
Item
Early 20th century

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

The painting depicted is by Georges Scott a member of the Salon des Artistes Francais.

The postmark cannot be read, but the date cannot be before 1910 as the painting depicted was created in 1910 nor after 1939 when the stamp used ceased circulation.

Battle on horseback near a windmill

MCFC-WAR-DEU-003
Item
Late 20th century

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

P. Wouwerman's painting entitled "Reitergefecht von der brennenden Windmühle".

"Les Anglais a la Bataille des Flandres Du 4 Octobre au 12 Novembre 1914"

MCFC-WAR-BEL-046
Item
1914 - 1915

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

This postcard is used in "Mills at war", 2019, p.41. Probably a stylised depiction of a Langemark mill.

"The scotch forming their lines again under a terrible fire before their last charge"

MCFC-WAR-BEL-045
Item
1914

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

This postcard is used in "Mills at war", 2019, p.41. Probably a stylised depiction of a Langemark mill.

"Les Ecossais a Langemarck"

MCFC-WAR-BEL-044
Item
1914

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

This postcard is used in "Mills at war", 2019, p.41. Depicting the Battle of Langemark in 1917. Probably a stylised depiction of a Langemark mill.

Halt! We do not enter here like in a mill.

MCFC-WAR-BEL-005
Item
1914

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

Postcard celebrating the defense and resistance of the city of Liège to the German army in 1914 for which it was awarded the Légion d'Honneur in 1914.