Live Auction 4502Christie's Interiors
William Skeoch Cumming (1864-1929)
Lot 334

William Skeoch Cumming (1864-1929)

Soldiers on excerise, South Africa

Closed21 February 2012

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GBP 1,187

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William Skeoch Cumming (1864-1929)
Soldiers on excerise, South Africa
signed, inscribed and dated 'W. Skeoch Cumming/S. Africa 1901.' (lower right) and further inscribed 'To Harry T. Methuen/from WSC' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of white
12 1/8 x 9¾ in. (30.8 x 24.8 cm.)

Specialist note

This picture was sketched by Cumming from life in South Africa whilst Cumming was serving in the army during the second Boer War.