William Skeoch Cumming ( 1864 - 1929 ) was a British painter. William Skeoch Cumming s works have been put up for auction numerous times, with realized prices surpassing estimated prices, varying from 77.39 USD for portrait of John Stewart outside Donaldson's Hospital in 2005 to 7316.25 USD for The Gordon Highlanders: Daybreak in the trenches in 2008 , based on the size and medium of the artwork