Portrait of a Scottish Officer Neutral She looks mildly peeved at

She looks mildly peeved at being interrupted

His knowledge of painting and anatomy is absolute

Punch magazine was still a part of life when I was growing up

Although a Swede by birth he became one of the most celebrated marine artists in France

Medium details: Graphite

Portrait of a Scottish Officer Neutral She looks mildly peeved atThis rather haunted portrait of an officer in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders is likely to have been painted on a return visit from Poland. Signed and dated 1915, this man must have already experienced the senseless attrition of trench warfare. It is a small scale canvas and although the sitter is in uniform it has an informality about it that suggests a window of opportunity grasped. Perhaps he is about to go back to the front and his wife,