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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
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