Tag / John Cecil Cloake
Collections Summer Update
Traditionally, the Society is quieter than usual during the Summer months, due to the lower number of Events. But staff continue to work busily away, and in recent weeks we have been…
2 July 2021John Cecil Cloake and Sir Gerald Templer
Last week’s blog post showing some of John Cecil Cloake’s photographs of Iraq provoked a number of responses from readers. It is always interesting to read people’s reactions to the blog and…
21 July 2020Iraq Photographs
On this day in 1958 a coup d’état, took place in Iraq, resulting in the overthrow of the monarchy in Iraq that had been established by King Faisal I in 1921. As…
14 July 2020Afghanistan in the Mid-Twentieth Century
On Thursday 26th January we welcomed Elisabeth Leake as she launched her new book, “The Defiant Border: The Afghan-Pakistan Borderlands in the Era of Decolonization, 1936-1965”. She gave an interesting talk upon…
2 February 2017John Cecil Cloake and Other Delights of the Photographic Collections
Ruby Rees-Sheridan tells more about her placement: As my month-long placement at the RAS comes to a close I will certainly be leaving with a sense of achievement. This week has seen a…
23 June 2016