Troops in the Countryside

This is a study for Spencer's oil paintings of the same title (1941-3, Bradford Museums; 1941-3, Reiff Collection), though it does not correspond exactly to either version.

Date: 1940
Inscriptions: lr: Gilbert Spencer/ 1940
Tags: Landscape, Pencil, Watercolour, Works on paper
Medium: Pencil and watercolour on paper, squared for transfer
Height (mm): 175
Width (mm): 285
Location: Unknown
Exhibition History: Reading 1964 (132)
Provenance: Mrs H. B. Spencer; Sale behind Artnet paywall