Signed l.r.: E.Kennington/20

Charcoal on joined sheets on light brown paper, 29.5 by 40 cm (11 ¾ by 15 ¾ ins)

Kennington’s nephew Ian Duncan Struthers became a highly distinguished War correspondent and cameraman for Paramount’s London studio, his work including records of the 9^th Army in Italy in 1942 and some remarkable footage recording the Allied advance after D-Day.. Before the First World War, Kennington had painted Struther’s father (and the artist’s brother-in-law) Kenneth, who later died serving with the London Scottish Regiment on the Somme in October 1916. This sensitive double portrait was taken in 1920 and is testament to Kennington’s position as one of the master portrait draughtsmen in Britain of his era.