Sir Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, 1854 - 1925. Statesmen. (Study for portrait in Statesmen of the Great War)
About this artwork
In 1916 the Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, chose the very able administrator Alfred Milner to join his War Cabinet. Previously he had been in charge, successively, of food-production and coal - mining. The Prime Minister sent Milner on key international missions; most importantly to the Western Front where he successfully healed the serious rift that had developed between the British and French commands. At the end of the war Milner held the office of Secretary of State for War. This oil sketch was made by Guthrie in preparation for his great commission ‘Statesmen of the Great War’.
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artist:Sir James GuthrieScottish (1859 - 1930)
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title:Sir Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, 1854 - 1925. Statesmen. (Study for portrait in Statesmen of the Great War)
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date created:1918 - 1925
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:76.50 x 102.30 cm; Framed: 98.425 x 123.19 x 16.51 cm
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credit line:Given by W.G. Gardiner and Sir Frederick C. Gardiner 1930
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accession number:PG 1138
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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...
