425821 The Dole (oil on canvas) by Gash, Walter Bonner (1869-1928); 76x63.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The artist\'s daughter Margaret writes: ???ith his interest in portraiture and, if there were no commissions on hand, my father would find a model for practice. One such portrait is of a young man who is holding a few coins, and his expression is of deep concern. This reflects the hardship that followed the First World War, mainly through mass unemployment ??(the dole) was a very small weekly allowance to stave off abject poverty ??I feel that my father, in painting this portrait, has, with some experience of deprivation himself, felt deeply for the man.??; 穢 Liss Fine Art; English, out of copyright.