Soldier and Girl Sleeping

William Scott (1913 - 1989)

Imperial War Museum London

1942

The work depicts a soldier in a greatcoat on a railway bench with his girlfriend asleep on his shoulder. They wait in the dark for the milk train that will take him away. It is almost certainly auto-biographical as Scott was separated from his wife Mary in 1942 after he joined the Royal Engineers. Scott's wartime paintings were either a visualisation of his own inner feelings or his experiences as a soldier.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 41 x 51cm
• Art Fund Grant: £23210 ( Total: £69,631)
• ArtFunded in: 2004
• Vendor: Bonhams

Provenance

Sheila Shannon; by descent to Virginia Lindley; Bonhams.

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