1917 Pencil Portrait of a Scottish Soldier in his Kilt
Title - Back from the Front
Date - March 1917
Medium - Pencil Drawing on paper
Signed - Roland. M. Bayliss
Picture size - 22cm x 17cm / 8.75" x 6.75"
Outside frame size - 34cm x 29cm / 13.5" x 11.5"
Condition - Excellent
Frame - Antique Victorian / Edwardian oak picture frame with period glass
A beautifully executed pencil drawing perfectly capturing the British 'Tommy' and doubly rare being a Scottish Soldier.
Dated 1917, our 'Tommy' had a year and a half of the Great War still ahead of him.
Did he make it home?