The Sketchbook of Percy Matthews (8)

Percy Matthews trained at the Ramsgate School of Art. During World War I Percy served on the Western Front as a Private in the Kentish Buffs, and later in Salonika as a Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment. It was in Salonika that he produced his remarkable sketches of scenes and characters from military and civilian life. His son Peter donated these sketches to the Imperial War Museum in 2007, which now holds the copyright on them.

List of items:
The Archbishop of the Bosphorus and his chaplain: two of the many civilian subjects of Percy's sketched portraits
Balloon article: a newspaper article about the shooting down of an enemy aircraft, which Percy depicted in the paintings Balloon 1 and Balloon 2.
Balloon 1: see Balloon article
Balloon 2: see Balloon article
Burial at night
Portrait of Chritov: possibly a Bulgarian prisoner-of-war
Circle Militaire: a group of officers from a number of countries, illustrating Salonika as a "melting pot" of nationalities during WWI.
Constantinople at night
Fun in the trenches: an ironic comment on going over the top
60-pound gun
Naval Gun
Infantry activity: another view of going over the top
Limber
Night firing
Night operations
Poilu: allied soldiers
Portrait of a German PoW(?)
Portrait of a young Armenian. His family having been murdered by Turks, he was conscripted into the Bulgarian army and presumably was a PoW.
Portrait of a Bulgarian sergeant (named Georgi Gordanov?)
Portrait of Chisto Yosko Dimov (a Bulgarian PoW?)
Portrait of Panof A Pentoff (a Bulgarian PoW?)
Portrait of a Bulgarian Signal Sergeant (name unclear)
Working in a Quarry
Miscellaneous sketches of soldiers and civilians
Portrait of a Turkish boy

Editor's Comment:
Pte. P S 1707 Percy G. Matthews, Middlesex Regiment, was later comissioned as a Lieutenant into the East Kent Regiment ('the Buffs').

珀西·马修斯（Percy Matthews）曾就读于拉姆斯盖特艺术学校（Ramsgate School of Art）。第一次世界大战期间，他以列兵身份在西线战场服役于肯特郡巴克步兵团（Kentish Buffs），后续又以中尉军衔在萨洛尼卡（Salonika）服役于米德尔塞克斯团（Middlesex Regiment）。正是在萨洛尼卡期间，他创作了一系列极具表现力的素描作品，记录了当地军事与平民生活中的场景与人物。2007年，其儿子彼得将这批素描捐赠给帝国战争博物馆（Imperial War Museum），该馆目前持有这批作品的版权。

藏品清单：
《博斯普鲁斯大主教及其随军牧师》：珀西素描肖像作品中的平民题材代表作之一
《气球》主题文章：一篇关于击落敌方飞行器的报纸报道，珀西将该场景创作为画作《气球1》与《气球2》
《气球1》：详见《气球》主题文章
《气球2》：详见《气球》主题文章
《夜间葬礼》
《克里托夫肖像》：疑似保加利亚战俘肖像
《军事圈子（Circle Militaire）》：一群来自不同国家的军官，展现了一战期间萨洛尼卡作为多国“大熔炉”的民族融合风貌
《夜间的君士坦丁堡》
《战壕里的“乐子”》：以反讽手法描绘“跃出战壕发起进攻”的场景
《60磅炮》
《海军舰炮》
《步兵行动》：另一幅描绘“跃出战壕发起进攻”的作品
《炮架》
《夜间射击》
《夜间行动》
《普伊卢（Poilu）》：协约国士兵肖像
《德国战俘肖像（？）》
《年轻亚美尼亚人肖像》：其家人遭土耳其人杀害后，他被征召加入保加利亚军队，推测为战俘身份
《保加利亚军士肖像（疑为格奥尔基·戈尔达诺夫？）》
《奇斯托·约斯科·迪莫夫肖像（保加利亚战俘？）》
《帕诺夫·A·彭托夫肖像（保加利亚战俘？）》
《保加利亚信号军士肖像（姓名不详）》
《采石场劳作》
《士兵与平民杂绘》
《土耳其男孩肖像》

编辑附注：
编号为P S 1707的列兵珀西·G·马修斯隶属于米德尔塞克斯团，其后获委任为东肯特团（“巴克步兵团”）中尉。