A Street Scene in Tripoli with Jewish Women in their White Silk Robes image: A group of three women stand in the street. One has turned her head to watch three Scottish soldiers stooping to look into a shop wi More
A Sunday Morning with the Home Guard- Advance on the First Objective image: A group of Home Guards moving through parkland towards a large house. The men at the front, near the house, are lying on the ground w More
image: A view of a deck of a ship in a rough sea. Soldiers sit huddled in groups. One sits alone, slumped against a wall looking seasick. A soldier stands in the centre of the deck, leaning to maintain balance More
Ardizzone arrived in Edinburgh on 27 April 1941. He produced a series of 16 works on the Firth of Forth (near Edinburgh), which was the largest number of works concerning a single subject that he did during the More
Ardizzone departed Rome for Florence on 6 January 1945. After a day there, he moved forward into the mountains visiting Castel del Rio on the way. He records this in his diary on 10 January 1945: 'Through Caste More
Ardizzone describes his day making drawings of the 7.2 gun in his diary on 28 February 1945: 'A day drawing, first in the valley then at a 7.2 position in the hills. ... The 7.2 a most attractive gun, rather o More
Ardizzone describes the experience in his diary on 11 April 1945: 'Leaguer in a pine forest on the edge of a ploughed clearing. The ground a thick, soft moss. Lovely smell from the trees, crushed moss and herba More
Ardizzone describes the scene in his diary on 11 January 1945: 'Shells drop nearby in the evening and an officer is wounded. Luckily not too riotously, but when he was brought into the Mess and laid on the sofa More
Ardizzone joined Southern Command at Salisbury on 25 June 1940 and stayed there until 31 July 1940. This work depicts the Headquarters at Wilton House where some officers are examining a large map. image: Two o More
Ardizzone produced a series of 16 works on the Firth of Forth (near Edinburgh), which was the largest number of works concerning a single subject that he did during the War. The fortified island he refers to in More
Ardizzone produced a series of 16 works on the Firth of Forth (near Edinburgh), which was the largest number of works concerning a single subject that he did during the War. The fortified island he refers to in More
Ardizzone recollects his arrival in Cairo in the introduction to his 'Diary of a War Artist' (1974): 'On arrival in Cairo, I could go where I liked and draw what I liked. I could have travelled from Abyssinia t More
Ardizzone recorded this event in his diary on 21 October 1944: ' Take the day off and go...by the coast road to Cesenatico, a pretty village with a canal and a basin and a charming little 19th-cent. opera house More
Ardizzone recorded this visit to Bremen in his diary on 26 April 1945: 'To Bremen again with Brian de Grineau. The city a dead one - ruins everywhere, a drunken Dutchman reeling down the street...Little groups More
Ardizzone records his journey to Lucera in his diary on 12 November 1943: 'Into Lucera in the early afternoon to get some shirts altered. The industry of the town seems to be completely given over to altering s More
Ardizzone records his trip to Reggio in his diary on 3 September 1943: ' I make friends with an R.E. Major whose vehicles are aboard the L.C.M. He drives me to Reggio. A wretched town, much bombed and without t More
Ardizzone records his visit to Torino di Sangro in his diary on 21 November 1943: 'Two beautiful little hill towns on the way, Casalbordino and Torino di Sangro. The main street of the latter a bustle of mules More
Ardizzone records the meeting in his diary on 28 July 1943: 'Meet outside the house a friendly Canadian who gives us tea which we are lacking and then takes us to visit the local priest who we find giving comfo More
Ardizzone records the scene in his diary on 26 April 1945: 'To Bremen again with Brian de Grineau. The city is a dead one - ruins everywhere, a drunken Dutchman reeling down the street. image: A street lined wi More
Ardizzone records the trip in his diary on 10 August 1943: ' ...Geoffrey [Keating], Sgt. Jordan and I go forward. Stop at a front-line village while I make notes of women peeping at us through Venetian blinds.' More
Ardizzone travelled to Germany to join the British Army in February 1945. His diary entries record the effect of the war on the civilian population: 9th April 1945, '...inhabitants so English-looking and fright More
At the start of the war, Ardizzone was recalled to his Territorial unit, the 54th Regiment, Royal Artillery. This work shows the unit in a drill hall in Putney. Soon after, the unit was sent to Dartford for tra More
Battle in an Orchard of Almond Trees in Sicily- Morning of July 21st 1943 image: a track running through an orchard with a stationary tank on the right. Two bodies lie at the side of the track and the ground is More
Extract from Edward Ardizzone, 'Baggage to the Enemy', John Murray (1941) p. 4-5: 'The streets of course, were filled with soldiers, and officers made up for their drab khaki by their brilliant forage caps, bla More
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Extract from Edward Ardizzone, 'Baggage to the Enemy', John Murray (1941), p. 17: 'I accompanied the battery once on an exercise through the forest of Nieppe, where we passsed through several lonely villages wh More
Extract from Edward Ardizzone, 'Baggage to the Enemy', John Murray (1941), p. 55: 'We threaded our way up the street again and had almost reached the bridge, when 'ping' - a rifle bullet passed between mine and More
Extract from Edward Ardizzone, 'Baggage to the Enemy', John Murray (1941), pp23-24: 'It was still early when we arrived at Tournai. We left the car in the wide cobbled place and went to a cafe for breakfast... More
Extract from Edward Ardizzone, 'Baggage to the Enemy', John Murray (1941): 'Every morning we breakfasted in a special room set aside for the P.R. Staff, and it was here over breakfast that most of the arrangeme More
Forward Patrols in the Outskirts of Giarre, Sicily, August 11th 1943 image: view of a street with three British soldiers of a forward patrol carefully surveying the scene. One of the men, armed with a tripod-mo More
Gunners Resting beside their Armoured Car with Indians in their Sangars on the Ridge Behind image: In the foreground there are four soldiers relaxing next to a truck. One is lying on a bed reading, another is c More
In a South African Whaler on Corvette Duties - seamen beside their bunks image: A scene below deck. A partially-clothed man sits on the upper bunk with his legs hanging over the side. On the bunk below another More
In December 1939, Ardizzone became a Bombardier in 'F' Troop, 162 Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery in Woolwich (nr. Dartford), where he trained as an officer. This work records the day-to-day camp-life of More
In the taped interview, in the series 'Artists in an Age of Conflict', commissioned by the IWM in 1978 (Interviewer: Conway Lloyd-Morgan), Ardizzone described his experiences with the Bomb Disposal Squad: 'Ah, More