1919 Watercolour Portrait of a Scottish Pipe Major

Title - The Pipe Major
 
Date - 11/3/19 for 1919
 
Medium - Watercolour Painting on paper
 
Signed - L. Barr
 
Size of picture - 14.5cm x 11cm      /      5.75" x 4.5"
 
Outside frame size - 25cm x 21cm      /      9.75" x 8.25"
 
Condition - Excellent
 
Frame - Antique Victorian / Edwardian oak picture frame with period glass
 
The Pipe-Major must complete a 28 week course at the'Army School of Bagpipe music and Highland drumming' to be eligible for the honourary title.
The position is an appointment and not a rank.
Playing his Bagpipes the Pipe-Major would 'pipe' his Company as they went 'over the top' and across the trenches.
Several Pipers received Gallantry awards including the Victoria Cross for their heroism and many gave their lives on the battlefields of the Great War.