Del Prado presents Guynemer standing in uniform with his hands in his pockets. The relaxed pose gives a famous aviator a human scale and allows the story to move beyond a tally of victories.
NA087 builds a three-figure encounter around Sergeant Charles Ewart and the standard of the French 45th Line. It is a compact way to explore both a battlefield capture and the later memory created around it.
The horse lowers its head while Wellington looks outward through a telescope. NA077 sets a commander’s concentration against an animal’s ordinary behaviour, making this personality piece more engaging than a rigid equestrian portrait.
NA026 gives Napoleon a quieter setting than a charging army. A standing attendant offers fruit to the grey horse, making the relationship between ruler, servant and animal the centre of the vignette.
A rearing horse, a tall plume and richly decorated clothing make NA023 one of the most animated command figures in the early Napoleonic range. Its appeal lies in the contrast between an officer’s formal dress and an animal that refuses to look static.
NA010 is built around a horse lifting its forelegs while the officer holds a curved sword above the saddle. It brings movement to the early British Napoleonic group without needing a second charging figure to explain the action.
FW060 gives Joseph Joffre a compact, confident stance: dark tunic, red trousers, kepi, binoculars and sword. The colourful portrait belongs to the French opening-war group, but its history is more complicated than the reassuring nickname “Papa” suggests.
With binoculars raised and a stick planted beside him, FW024 presents the first commander of the British Expeditionary Force in a moment of observation. It is an effective headquarters figure because the pose points beyond itself.
The open coat is the first thing that catches the eye on FW004. Its red lining frames a substantial, moustached figure with a cane: a portrait of Paul von Hindenburg that invites a closer look at how military reputations were carried into politics.
Wilhelm II enters the FW range in immaculate uniform, with a spiked helmet, decorations and a walking stick. FW001 makes a useful starting point for a display about the people who commanded armies—and the distance between their public image and the war their soldiers experienced.
