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Augustus Leopold Egg

1816–1863

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Augustus Leopold Egg RA was a British Victorian artist, and member of The Clique best known for his modern triptych Past and Present (1858), which depicts the breakup of a middle-class Victorian family.

Source: Tate · Trust score: 95% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (29)

The Travelling Companions

1862 · oil paint

Self Portrait as a Distressed Poet

1858 · oil paint

Past and Present, No. 3

1858 · oil paint

support: 635 x 762 mm frame: 781 x 925 x 90 mm

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Past and Present, No. 1

1858 · oil paint

support: 635 x 762 mm frame: 801 x 925 x 85 mm

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Past and Present, No. 2

1858 · oil paint

support: 635 x 762 mm frame: 802 x 926 x 90 mm

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Esmond Returns after the Battle of Wynendael, Scene from William Thackeray's 'History of Henry Esmond, Esq.'

1857 · oil paint

A Walk on the Beach

1857 · oil paint

Beatrix Knighting Esmond

1857 · oil paint

support: 869 x 1171 mm

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The Life of Buckingham

1855 · oil paint

Charles I Raising His Standard at Nottingham

1852 · oil paint

The Opera Mantle

1851 · oil paint

William Powell Frith (1819–1909)

1850 · oil paint

Feria at Seville

1850 · oil paint

Launce's Substitute for Proteus' Dog (from 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona' by William Shakespeare)

1849 · oil paint

Girl Making a Bouquet of Flowers

1849 · oil paint

Queen Elizabeth discovers she is no longer young

1848 · oil paint

Scene from 'The Winter's Tale' (Act IV, Scene 4) (from the play by William Shakespeare)

1845 · oil paint

Study for "Come Rest in this Bosom my own Stricken Dear"

1844

Scene from ‘The Devil upon Two Sticks’

1844 · oil paint

support: 864 x 1118 mm

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The Introduction of Sir Piercie Shafton to Halbert Glendinning

1843 · oil paint

L'Amante

1839 · oil paint

Preparatory Study for 'The Travelling Companions'

oil paint

Charles Dickens Playing Sir Charles Coldstream

oil paint

Queen Elizabeth in a Rage

oil paint

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Past and Present, No. 1
1858 · Tate · 6 prov
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Scene from ‘The Devil upon Two Sticks’
1844 · Tate · 6 prov
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Beatrix Knighting Esmond
1857 · Tate · 6 prov
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Past and Present, No. 2
1858 · Tate · 6 prov
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Past and Present, No. 3
1858 · Tate · 6 prov
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Queen Elizabeth discovers she is no longer young
1848 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Feria at Seville
1850 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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The Opera Mantle
1851 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Charles I Raising His Standard at Nottingham
1852 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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The Travelling Companions
1862 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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