The runner Accession Number: ART03417

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.

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Accession Number
ART03417
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: oil on canvas
Measurement
unframed: 183 cm x 122.5 cm
Medium
oil on canvas
Date Made
1919
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under the official war art scheme 1920
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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