General_Officers_of_World_War_I_by_John_Singer_Sargent.jpg
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John Singer Sargent : General Officers of World War I | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q155626
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Title |
General Officers of World War I
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | group portrait | |||||||||||||||||||||
Depicted people |
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Date |
1922
date QS:P571,+1922-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium |
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions |
height: 299.7 cm (117.9 in); width: 528.3 cm (17.3 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,299.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,528.3U174728
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Collection | National Portrait Gallery | |||||||||||||||||||||
Current location |
London
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Accession number |
NPG 1954
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Place of creation | United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||||
Notes |
English:
This is one of the portraits commissioned by the financier Sir
Abraham Bailey
to commemorate the role of the army, the navy and politicians in bringing the First World War to a close. Sargent, who initially declined the commission, began work on the military group portrait on his return from America in August 1920. He found the commission particularly difficult, writing to Sir
James Guthrie
(who was working on the politicians portrait) in September of that year: 'But I am still merely collecting material and have not yet evolved any scheme of the picture as a whole. I am handicapped by the idea that they never could have been altogether in any sort of interesting background and reduced to painting them all standing up in a vacuum'.
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Source/Photographer |
National Portrait Gallery : NPG 1954
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Permission
( Reusing this file ) |
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