© 2005 Estate of William Scott RA
Soldier and Girl Sleeping
Artist: William Scott (1913 - 1989)
Location: Imperial War Museum
Date: 1942
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 41 x 51cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £23,210 (Total: £69,631)
Vendor: Bonhams
Review number: 5415 (2004)
Provenance:
Sheila Shannon; by descent to Virginia Lindley; Bonhams.
Description:
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.
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