The runner

Place Europe: France, Picardie, Somme
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

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

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.