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 | Arthur Balfour by John Singer Sargent 1908 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | Sargent, John Singer | 
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Arthur
James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (Tory Prime Minister from 1902 to 1905).
Balfour was
one of the pivotal figures in British politics from the late 1880s to the late
1920s. In 1879, he made his mark as a philosopher, publishing A Defence of
Philosophic Doubt and was the most admired of the group of young,... |
 | Henry James by John Singer Sargent Oil on canvas National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | Sargent, John Singer |
Henry James
(1843-1916), an expatriate American writer who settled in England and
eventually became an British citizen.
He is considered by most to be one of the great english literary writers
and among his best known works is The Ambassadors.
James lived
for a period in Paris but hated it and finally found his home in London and... |
 | Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon by John Singer Sargent 1913 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | Sargent, John Singer | |
 | William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, by John Singer Sargent 1916-1922 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | Sargent, John Singer |
During WW1
he was a General Officer Commanding Australian and New Zealand Army Corps,
World War I 1914-1918; Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and
Commander, Dardanelles Army, Gallipoli 1915-1916; General Officer Commanding
Australian Imperial Force 1915-1918; France 1916-1918; Commander, 5 Army,
France 1918-1919
Service... |
 | General Officers of the Great War by John Singer Sargent 1922 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | Sargent, John Singer |
1 William
Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood
(1865-1951), Field Marshal
2 Jan
Christian Smuts (1870-1950), Field Marshal and South Arfican
Statesman
3 Louis
Botha... |
 | Viscountess Astor by John Singer Sargent 1923 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | Sargent, John Singer | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis by George Lethbridge Saunders watercolour on ivory National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | Saunders, George Lethbridge | |
 | Benjamin West by Gilbert Stuart circa 1785 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | Stuart, Gilbert | |
 | George Washington (1) by Gilbert Stuart 1796 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | Stuart, Gilbert | Gilbert Stuart painted this celebrated "Lansdowne" portrait in his Germantown, Pennsylvania, studio in 1796. It was commissioned by William Bingham, United States senator from Pennsylvania, and his wife, for the Earl of Shelburne, later Marquis of Lansdowne, who had defended the rebellious colonies in Parliment. |
 | Michael Gratz by William Edward West c. 1808 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | West, William Edward |
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