Place | Europe: France, Picardie, Somme |
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Accession Number | ART03417 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | unframed: 183 x 122.5 cm |
Object type | Painting |
Physical description | oil on canvas |
Place made | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London, Westminster, St John's Wood |
Date made | 1919 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
The runner
Description
This large painting was completed in Scott's studio at St John's Wood, London in 1919 refers to a battle on the Somme in 1918. In the foreground a runner is depicted in muddy terain with soldiers behind him laying duckboards.