Here's a Man's Job! Frame:natural This portrait caused considerable problems

This portrait caused considerable problems with the British military authorities as Orpen gave the piece the provocative title 'A Spy'

early evening June 2013

Games worked for the War Office between 1941 and 1946

The canaries were kept not only to cheer the wounded but also to give warning of gas attacks

The ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign launched at the outbreak of the war encouraged the cultivation of gardens and allotments

Here's a Man's Job! Frame:natural This portrait caused considerable problemswhole: the image occupies the majority, with the ARP emblem positioned in the lower right. The title is separate andplaced along the bottom edge, in red and in blue. The text is integrated and positioned in the upper left, in red. All set against a whitebackground. image: a bust length depiction of a man wearing a cap, waistcoat, blue shirt and red tie. He has his right arm raised and indicates withhis thumb to the initials 'A. R. P'text: A. R. P. A.