Ja Hammerton Collection

The 8th Army commander Bernard Law Montgomery, 1942. Artists: Sir John Alexander Hammerton, Unknown
The 8th Army commander Bernard Law Montgomery, 1942. Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1887-1976), nicknamed Monty and the Spartan General

The New Magic: Sending Pictures by Wireless and the Unescapable Telephone, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume II, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Hooded British Territorials charging the German Trenches at Loos, September 25th, 1915, 1916. British troops in gas masks charged German trenches at the Battle of Loos on the Western Front

Arunta tribesmen of central Australia preparing a new corroboree, 1922. Artist: Baldwin Spencer
Arunta tribesmen of central Australia preparing a new corroboree, 1922. For indigenous Australians, the corroboree comes closest to a modern concept of theatre

A New Piccadilly Circus Below The Old As The Gateway to the Tubes, c1935. Artist: D Macpherson
A New Piccadilly Circus Below The Old As The Gateway to the Tubes, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume I, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

The Union Jack Flies Over Tobruk, 1942. From The War Illustrated Volume 6 edited by Sir John Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, 1942]

The Campbells are Coming! Brave Pipers Playing Highland Regiments to Victory, 1917
" The Campbells are Coming!" Brave Pipers Playing Highland Regiments to Victory, 1917. The tune of the The Campbells Are Coming was played by pipers at the Battle of Delville Wood

A pair of straw boys, Ireland, 1922. Artist: AW Cutler
A pair of straw boys, Ireland, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Welcoming the Eighth Army into Gabes, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Welcoming the Eighth Army into Gabes, 1943. Gabes returns to French control with the help of the British (in the Mareth Line). The operation results in serious damage to the city infrastructure

Map Showing the German Cameroon Colony, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Map Showing the German Cameroon Colony, 1916. German Cameroon was an African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1916

An Igbo woman wearing ankle plates, Nigeria, West Africa, 1922. Artist: Northcote Thomas
An Igbo woman wearing ankle plates, Nigeria, West Africa, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

The Historic Landing from the River Clyde at Seddul Bahr, Gallipoli, April 25th
The Historic Landing from the " River Clyde" at Seddul Bahr, Gallipoli, April 25th, 1915, 1916. Sedd el Bahr was the site of V Beach, the landing zone for SS River Clyde

General Count Luigi Cadorna, 1917. Creator: Unknown
General Count Luigi Cadorna, 1917. Marshal of Italy Luigi Cadorna (1850-1928) Italian General and Marshal of Italy, Chief of Staff of the Italian Army during the first part of World War I

Map Illustrating the Russian Retreat from Galicia in the Summer of 1915, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Map Illustrating the Russian Retreat from Galicia in the Summer of 1915, 1916. Strategic withdrawal from the Galicia-Poland by the Imperial Russian Army during September 1915

Map illustrating the Russian Invasion of East Prussia, 1915. Creator: Unknown
Map illustrating the Russian Invasion of East Prussia, 1915. From August to September 1914, the Russian Empire invaded Germany on the Eastern Front

The Zeppelin Bombardment of Antwerp in August, 1814, in Defiance of the Hague Convention, 1915. On the night of 25/26 August

Large Scale Map of First Phase of the Struggle for Verdun, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Large Scale Map of First Phase of the Struggle for Verdun, 1916. The Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front

Map of Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Map of Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula, 1917. Fighting began in January 1915, when a German-led Ottoman force invaded the Sinai Peninsula, then part of the British Protectorate of Egypt

Queen Nenzima of the Mangbetu, Belgian Congo (Congo Republic), 1922. Artist: H Lang
Queen Nenzima of the Mangbetu, Belgian Congo (Congo Republic), 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

A witch doctor, Belgian Congo (Congo Republic), 1922. Artist: JH Harris
A witch doctor, Belgian Congo (Congo Republic), 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

Burning seaweed for kelp, Aran Islands, Ireland, 1922. Artist: AW Cutler
Burning seaweed for kelp, Aran Islands, Ireland, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Land-working women, East Prussia, 1922. Artist: Georg Haeckel
Land-working women, East Prussia, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Women at Work that Men might Fight, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Women at Work that Men might Fight, 1916. From " The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume IV. The Summer Campaign - 1915", edited by J. A. Hammerton

Sunday on the Western Front: Chaplain Conducts Impromptu Service, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Sunday on the Western Front: Chaplain Conducts Impromptu Service, 1917. From " The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume VIII. Ending The First Three Years", edited by J. A. Hammerton

The Eastern Area of the Great War, 1915. Creator: Unknown
The Eastern Area of the Great War, 1915. The Eastern Front was a frontier between the Russian Empire and Romania on one side and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bulgaria

Map indicating the Position of the Allied Naval Victory in the Baltic, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Map indicating the Position of the Allied Naval Victory in the Baltic, 1916. A British submarine flotilla operated in the Baltic Sea for three years during the First World War, on 19 August 1915

Map of Two and a Half Years Campaign in Mesopotamia, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Map of Two and a Half Years Campaign in Mesopotamia, 1917. From " The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume VIII. Ending The First Three Years", edited by J. A. Hammerton

The First V. C. ever Won by a Territorial, 1916. Creator: Unknown
The First V.C. ever Won by a Territorial, 1916. Second-Lieut. G. H. Woolley s. defence of Hill 60 made him the first British Territorial Army officer to be awarded the Victoria Cross

British Infantry Storm Ruined Heudicourt, 1917. Creator: Unknown
British Infantry Storm Ruined Heudicourt, 1917. From " The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume VIII. Ending The First Three Years", edited by J. A. Hammerton

Map Showing the Relation of Serbia to Neighbouring States, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Map Showing the Relation of Serbia to Neighbouring States, 1916. The Serbian campaign was fought from late July 1914, when Austria-Hungary invaded Serbia at the outset of World War I

Chocolate and Apples Behind the British Lines, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Chocolate and Apples Behind the British Lines, 1917. From " The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume VIII. Ending The First Three Years", edited by J. A. Hammerton

Detailed Map of the Arras Fighting Area, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Detailed Map of the Arras Fighting Area, 1917. From " The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume VIII. Ending The First Three Years", edited by J. A. Hammerton

Detailed Map of Gallipoli and Dardanelles, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Detailed Map of Gallipoli and Dardanelles, 1916. The Gallipoli campaign took place on the Gallipoli peninsula from 17 February 1915 to 9 January 1916

An Evening Concert in Officers Mess of the Artists Rifles, 1917. Creator: Unknown
An Evening Concert in Officers Mess of the Artists Rifles, 1917. From " The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume VIII. Ending The First Three Years", edited by J. A. Hammerton

The Spirit of Our Old Navy Yet Llives - The Drake Touch in the North Sea, 1915
The Spirit of Our Old Navy Yet Llives - The " Drake Touch" in the North Sea, 1915. British Battle cruiser Squadron sinking German cruisers

Guarding Britains Food Supplies, 1915. Creator: Unknown
Guarding Britains Food Supplies, 1915. From " The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume I. The First Phase", edited by J. A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Limited, London, 1915]

Coaling the Fleet During a Gale, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Coaling the Fleet During a Gale, 1917. From " The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume VII. The Autumn Campaign of 1916", edited by J. A. Hammerton

The Campaign in German East Africa, 1917. Creator: Unknown
The Campaign in German East Africa, 1917. From " The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume VIII. Ending The First Three Years", edited by J. A. Hammerton

The War Map of Western Europe, 1915. Creator: Unknown
The War Map of Western Europe, 1915. Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and Belgium

Map of Poland Showing Position of Conflicting Nations on July 24th, 1915, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Map of Poland Showing Position of Conflicting Nations on July 24th, 1915, 1916. Because of its geographical position between fighting powers

General Sir Henry S. Rawlinson, K. C. B. K. C. V. O. 1917. Creator: Unknown
General Sir Henry S. Rawlinson, K.C.B. K.C.V.O. (1864-1925) was a British World War 1 general who commanded the Fourth Army of the British Expeditionary Force at the battles of the Somme (1916)

Forward with the Tricolour: French Infantry advance to Meet the Enemy, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Forward with the Tricolour: French Infantry advance to Meet the Enemy, 1916. From " The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume IV. The Summer Campaign - 1915", edited by J. A. Hammerton

The Great Arras Battle Area, 1917. Creator: Unknown
The Great Arras Battle Area, 1917. From " The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume VIII. Ending The First Three Years", edited by J. A. Hammerton

The Emperor of Russia with the Grand Duke Nicholas at the Front, 1916. Creator: Unknown
The Emperor of Russia with the Grand Duke Nicholas at the Front, 1916. Tsar Nicholas II of Russia with Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich, a Russian general in World War One

Dr. Woodrow Wilson, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Dr. Woodrow Wilson, 1917. (1856 -1924) was an American statesman, lawyer, and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921

Under the Blue Cross: Wounded Horses Being Conveyed to the Veterinary Hospital, 1917. From " The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume VII. The Autumn Campaign of 1916", edited by J. A

German Troops Occupying the City of Liege, 1915 Creator: Unknown
German Troops Occupying the City of Liege While the Forts Still Thundered Defiance of the Invaders Advance, 1915. The attack on Liege, a town protected by a ring fortress

Vice Admiral Sir John Jellicoes Flagship, Iron Duke, Being Coaled at Sea. Inset: Vice-Admiral Jellicoe, 1915. Iron Duke was flagship of the Grand Fleet during the First World War

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"Ja Hammerton: A Captivating Journey Through History" Step into the world of Ja Hammerton, a renowned artist and chronicler of historical events. From capturing the commanding presence of 8th Army commander Bernard Law Montgomery in 1942 to depicting hooded British Territorials fearlessly charging German trenches at Loos in 1915, Hammerton's art brings history to life. In his masterpiece "The Campbells are Coming. Brave Pipers Playing Highland Regiments to Victory" from 1917, Hammerton immortalizes the indomitable spirit of Scottish soldiers with their bagpipes leading them towards triumph. Venturing beyond Europe, Hammerton's talent takes us to central Australia where Arunta tribesmen prepare for a captivating corroboree in 1922. The intricate details captured by Baldwin Spencer transport us to a vibrant cultural celebration. Ireland comes alive through Hammerton's brushstrokes as he portrays a pair of straw boys in 1922. AW Cutler skillfully captures the essence of Irish folklore and tradition that continues to enchant generations. Hammerton also delves into significant historical moments such as "The Historic Landing from the River Clyde at Seddul Bahr, Gallipoli" on April 25th. This poignant depiction transports us back to an era marked by bravery and sacrifice. Maps play an integral role in understanding historical contexts, and Hammerton collaborates with unknown creators to illustrate crucial events like "The Russian Retreat from Galicia, " "The Russian Invasion of East Prussia, " and "The Zeppelin Bombardment of Antwerp. " These maps provide valuable insights into geopolitical dynamics during turbulent times. From Africa's German Cameroon Colony depicted on a map from 1916 to large-scale maps detailing the struggle for Verdun or Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula during World War I, these visual representations offer glimpses into complex military campaigns shaping our world today.