Andrew Bonar Law, 1858 - 1923. Statesman (study for portrait in Statesmen of World War I, 1914 - 1918, in the National Portrait Gallery, London)
About this artwork
This is a preliminary study for Guthrie's group portrait of seventeen British statesman at the time of the First World War. The final painting, nearly four metres high, is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London. Canadian-born Bonar Law moved to Glasgow as a child. He was elected as a Unionist MP in 1900 . During the war he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and as a member of the War Cabinet under the coalition administration of Lloyd George.
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artist:Sir James GuthrieScottish (1859 - 1930)
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title:Andrew Bonar Law, 1858 - 1923. Statesman (study for portrait in Statesmen of World War I, 1914 - 1918, in the National Portrait Gallery, London)
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date created:About 1924
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:91.10 x 71.10 cm; Framed: 113.50 x 93.30 x 8.10 cm
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credit line:Presented by W.G. Gardiner and Sir Frederick C. Gardiner 1930
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accession number:PG 1127
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Sir James Guthrie
Sir James Guthrie
Guthrie became one of the leading painters in the group of artists called the Glasgow Boys. His early works of rural subjects painted with broad square brush strokes show the strong influence of French painters such as Bastien-Lepage. Guthrie was born in Greenock and trained as a lawyer before...
