 Kemp-Welch was commissioned by the Women's Work Section of the Imperial War Museum to paint a scene at the largest such depot, one staffed entirely by women, at Russley Park in Wiltshire.The Museum authorities were unhappy with the painting, "The Ladies Army Remount Depot, Russley Park, Wiltshire" which Kemp-Welch first submitted but were aware of a larger and much better composition on the same subject that she had painted and intended to sell to a private client for £1,000.Kemp-Welch agreed that the second painting, "The Straw-Ride- Russley Park, Remount Dep't Wiltshire" was the better of the two and agreed to sell it to the IWM to forefill her commission.