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Will he come back?

The dog is waiting patiently for his master to return, but the condolence scroll on the wall tells us, the viewers, that Sapper Alexander Murray of the Royal Engineers will never come back. We don?t know whether Morley knew Alexander Murray. He did understand the emotion: his two nephews were both killed in the war. K475

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Summary

: K745

: Fine Art

: painting

: Will He Come Back?

: MORLEY, Robert

: an oil painting on canvas, showing: a dog waiting patiently at a window for its master to return; however, the First World War certificate of condolence confirms that Sapper Alexander Murray of the Royal Engineers will never come back. The citation states, he ‘passed out of the sight of men by the path of duty and self-sacrifice, giving up their own lives that others might live in freedom’.

Will he come back?

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: circa 1918

: circa 1918

: Purchased, 1923

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