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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Sargent, John Singer,     Portrait group     Occupation -- Military     Dress -- Uniform     Portrait male -- Birdwood, William Riddell, Baron     Portrait male -- Smuts, Jan Christian     Portrait male -- Botha, Louis     Portrait male -- Byng, Julian Hedworth, Viscount     Portrait male -- Rawlinson, Henry Seymour, Baron     Portrait male -- Lukin, Henry Timson, Sir     Portrait male -- Monash, John, Sir     Portrait male -- Horne, Henry Sinclair, Baron     Portrait male -- Milne, George Francis, Baron     Portrait male -- Wilson, Henry Hughes, Sir     Portrait male -- Russell, Andrew Hamilton, Sir     Portrait male -- Plumer, Herbert Charles Onslow, Viscount     Portrait male -- Cowans, John Steven, Sir     Portrait male -- Haig, Douglas, Earl     Portrait male -- Ypres, John Denton Pinkstone French, Earl of     Portrait male -- Robertson, William Robert, Sir     Portrait male -- Maude, Frederick Stanley, Sir     Portrait male -- Allenby, Edmund, Viscount     Portrait male -- Marshall, William Raine, Sir     Portrait male -- Currie, Arthur William, Sir     Portrait male -- Cavan, Frederick Lambert, Earl of     Portrait male -- Dobell, Charles Macpherson     Painting

General Officers of World War I, (painting). Artist:  Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925, painter. Title:  General Officers of World War I, (painting). Other Titles:  Some General Officers of the Great War, (painting). Dates:  1920-1922. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  118 x 208 in. (299.7 x 528.3 cm) Inscription:  (Lower left:) John S. Sargent signed Description:  Portrait of officers of World War I standing in a line and wearing khaki field dress: from left to right, Sir William Riddell Birdwood (1865-1951), Jan Christian Smuts (1870-1950), Louis Botha (1862-1919), Julian Hedworth Byng (1862-1935), Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson (1864-1925), Sir Henry Timson Lukin (1860-1925), Sir John Monash (1865-1931), Henry Sinclair Horne (1861-1929), George Francis Milne (1866-1948), Sir Henry Hughes Wilson (1864-1922), Sir Andrew Hamilton Russell (1868-1960), Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer (1857-1932), Sir John Steven Cowans (1862-1921), Douglas Haig (1861-1928), John Denton Pinkstone French, first Earl of Ypres (1852-1925), Sir William Robert Robertson (1860-1933), Sir Frederick Stanley Maude (1864-1917), Edmund Allenby (1861-1936), Sir William Raine Marshall (1865-1939), Sir Arthur William Currie (1875-1933), Frederick Lambert, tenth Earl of Cavan (1865-1946), Sir Charles Macpherson Dobell (1869-1954). Subject:  Portrait group Occupation -- Military -- Officer Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Portrait male -- Birdwood, William Riddell, Baron Portrait male -- Smuts, Jan Christian Portrait male -- Botha, Louis Portrait male -- Byng, Julian Hedworth, Viscount Portrait male -- Rawlinson, Henry Seymour, Baron Portrait male -- Lukin, Henry Timson, Sir Portrait male -- Monash, John, Sir Portrait male -- Horne, Henry Sinclair, Baron Portrait male -- Milne, George Francis, Baron Portrait male -- Wilson, Henry Hughes, Sir Portrait male -- Russell, Andrew Hamilton, Sir Portrait male -- Plumer, Herbert Charles Onslow, Viscount Portrait male -- Cowans, John Steven, Sir Portrait male -- Haig, Douglas, Earl Portrait male -- Ypres, John Denton Pinkstone French, Earl of Portrait male -- Robertson, William Robert, Sir Portrait male -- Maude, Frederick Stanley, Sir Portrait male -- Allenby, Edmund, Viscount Portrait male -- Marshall, William Raine, Sir Portrait male -- Currie, Arthur William, Sir Portrait male -- Cavan, Frederick Lambert, Earl of Portrait male -- Dobell, Charles Macpherson Object Type:  Painting Owner:  National Portrait Gallery, London, England Provenance:  Presented by Bailey, Abe, Sir, 1922. Remarks:  Commissioned by Sir Abe Bailey (1864-1940) of South Africa to commemorate the major figures of World War I. References:  Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, no. 587. Gidley, M., "A Catalogue of American paintings in British Public Collections," [Exeter] University of Exeter, American Arts Documentation Centre, 1974. Ormond, Richard, "John Singer Sargent: paintings, drawings, watercolors," New York: Harper & Row, 1970. McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1956. Illustration:  Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, pg. 253. Ormond, Richard, "John Singer Sargent," New York: Harper & Row, 1970, pl. 131. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 70070039   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 70070039 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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