Lot Essay
Eric Kennington worked as an Official War Artist in both World Wars.
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Lance Corporal Smith, 1st Argyll Battalion, Home Guard
Details
Eric Kennington, R.A. (1888-1960)
Lance Corporal Smith, 1st Argyll Battalion, Home Guard
coloured chalks on grey paper
20 x 28 in. (50.8 x 71.1 cm.)
Lance Corporal Smith, 1st Argyll Battalion, Home Guard
coloured chalks on grey paper
20 x 28 in. (50.8 x 71.1 cm.)
Provenance
W.O. Kennington, by whom purchased at the 1943 exhibition.
The Officers Mess, 1st Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
The Officers Mess, 1st Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Exhibited
London, Leicester Galleries, British Soldiers, An Exhibition of Pastels by Eric Kennington, September 1943, no. 39.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.