NAM.2006-05-67-10

Black and white mounted photograph of a portrait drawing of Ernest Blaikley by Maurice Codner. In it Blaikley sits on a desk in a workshop, surrounded by paint brushes. Blaikley wears a suit and bow tie and carries a pipe. The bust of a man is positioned behind him on a higher surface. Below the photograph is the text, ‘From the painting by Maurice Codner, R.P.’ Beneath this on the mount the artist has written in pen, ‘To Francesca from Maurice’. From a collection of ten photographs relating to Sgt Ernest Blaikley, 1885-1965, 28th Bn London Regiment (Artist’s Rifles). Blaikley worked as an artist, selling work to ‘Scout’ and ‘Punch’ amongst others. Blaikley also taught map reading and the use of the compass during World War One (1914-1918).