Study of First World War soldier, a preliminary sketch for the oil painting, 'The Second Battle of Ypres (Frezenberg)', by William Barns Wollen, 1917 (c)

Charcoal and wash sketch from a sketchbook by William Barns Wollen, 1917 (c).

The sketch is of a prone Canadian infantrymen of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry defending the Frezenberg Ridge at the 2nd Battle of Ypres in 1915. The figure is clearly included in Wollen's finished oil painting of the battle.