Robins Gallery

Robin in the trenches, WW1 by Philip Dadd

Sat on the End of my Bayonet like a bloomin Christmas Card, he did'. Illustration depicting an incident described by a private soldier, writing home during the winter campaign of 1914-15, who talked of a plucky little robin who came into the trenches much to the soldiers delight. Date: 1915

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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You should see the ghastly hat my wife has bought for Ascot

Ascot Hats, ?You should see the ghastly hat my wife has bought for Ascot!?, 2015. Pen and ink and pencil drawing by Robin Ollington, 2013.Signed and dated on the frame ? Ascot Hats/ Robin Ollington/ 2013?.Won by the donor as a prize in the SOFNAM (Society of Friends of the National Army Museum) Christmas raffle, 2013. Caricature of two officers wearing full dress uniform inscribed ?You should see the ghastly hat my wife has bought for Ascot!?

© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library

Robin with snowdrops on a Victorian Christmas scrap

Robin with snowdrops and mistletoe in a basket on a Victorian Christmas scrap.
circa 1890s

© The David Pearson Collection/Mary Evans Picture Library

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