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Soldier and Girl Sleeping

William Scott, 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.

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Title of artwork, date

Soldier and Girl Sleeping, 1942

Date supported

2004

Medium and material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

41 x 51 cm

Grant

23210

Total cost

69631

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