Dollman captured a very poignant moment in history with his 1913 painting entitled A Very Gallant Gentleman, which depicts Captain Laurence “Titus” Oates walking out to his death in a blizzard, on Captain Scott’s return journey from the South Pole, in March 1912. Oates had been suffering from severe frostbite which became so severe that he could hardly climb into his sleeping bag and the “killer”, gangrene, had set in. Oates realized his physical condition was now hampering his three other colleagues’ safe return and he pleaded with them to leave him behind, but they refused. The next day he awoke, and knew what he must do. He left his colleagues knowing that this may help them and uttered his immortal line: “…I’m just going outside; I may be away some time…” Captain Scott recorded in his diary that day that Oates had gone out into the blizzard never to be seen again. The final three members of the expedition party struggled on for a few more days before they too died before ever reaching safety. (https://mydailyartdisplay.wordpress.com/2017/04/24/john-charles-dollman/)