Young Red Guards Size:S: 36 x 28cm de (1864-1901)

de (1864-1901)

Fleet River

Botanical study of the 'Bryonia alba' (white bryony)

The accompanying text states that the fish was about six inches in length but that: 'From the bad condition of the specimen it was not possible to make so accurate an examination of its characters

The Great Captain on the Stool of Repentance

Young Red Guards Size:S: 36 x 28cm de (1864-1901)Young Red Guards, Russia, c1917 c1923(?). The original Red Guards were armed groups of workers controlled by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution. They formed the basis for the Red Army which replaced the old Russian military in January 1918 and fought during the Russian Civil War. The term 'Red Guards' is often used to members of the Red Army rather than in its original context.