British Post-Impressionism
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SOLDEnglish School:
The Good Samaritan, c. 1920
Framed (ref: 10345)
Oil on canvas
34 x 40 in. (86.5 x 101.5 cm)
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This end of WW1 scene may be set at the Belgian Front, the hills being typical of the Ardennes. Visible to the left is way-side figure of Christ on the Cross. A similar subject, where women attend to battle-weary soldiers, irrespective of their nationality, was portrayed by Charles Sargeant Jagger at the Anglo-Belgian War Memorial in Brussels.
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