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The Morning

Lucy Elizabeth Kemp-Welch, 1902

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It depicts a dead soldier from the Boer War with his faithful horse standing guard over his body. There is no sentimentality but an identification with the horse's plight. The picture is in portrait form and this, with the tight trapezoid form of horse and rider, emphasises the isolation of the figures in the vast expanse of the veldt.

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Title of artwork, date

The Morning, 1902

Date supported

2002

Medium and material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

152.4 x 121.9 cm

Grant

4000

Total cost

16000

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