Lot Essay
The present drawing was executed shortly before the sitter's departure for France at the age of nineteen. Geoffrey Murray-Smith was tragically killed in action only months later on September 28, 1915 at Vermelles, France, a small town in Pas de Calais near the Belgium border. He was serving as a second lieutenant with the fifth battalion of the Royal Fusiliers.
This drawing has been reviewed and accepted by the John Singer Sargent Catalogue Raisonné Committee.
This drawing has been reviewed and accepted by the John Singer Sargent Catalogue Raisonné Committee.