Portrait of a woman, 1918 (c)

Pencil drawing from a sketchbook by 2nd Lieutenant Richard Tennant Cooper (1885-1957), 16th Battalion Middlesex Regiment and Royal Engineers, 1918 (c).

Sketch of the head and shoulders of a woman.

Educated in Tonbridge, Kent, Richard Tennant Cooper trained as an artist in Paris, but in 1914 he volunteered as a private in 16th (Service) Battalion (Public Schools), The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). In 1916 he was given a temporary commission as a second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers. He was promoted temporary lieutenant in July 1918 and captain in November that year.