Jan Christian Smuts (1870-1950), Prime Minister of South Africa, Field Marshal and writer on evolution
Sitter in 33 portraits
Statesman. Born in the Cape Colony, South Africa, Smuts participated in the negotiations that concluded the Boer War in 1902 and created the Union of South Africa in 1910. He attended the Imperial Conference of 1917 and was persuaded by Lloyd George to join the British War Cabinet. On his return to South Africa, Smuts became prime minister (1919-1924) suppressing rural resistance to colonialism and the general strike. He was Prime Minister again from 1939 to 1948 and committed South African troops to the British War effort. In 1945 he was active in the establishment of the United Nations.
by John Singer Sargent
oil on canvas, circa 1919-1922
On display in Room 30 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4187
General Officers of World War I
by John Singer Sargent
oil on canvas, 1922
On display in Room 30 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1954
by Sir William Rothenstein
sanguine and white chalk, 1923
NPG 4645
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possibly by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd), for Topical Press
vintage print, March-April 1917
NPG x137204
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate copy negative, 1942 (1917)
NPG x82123
by Vandyk
negative, 25 June 1918
NPG x32125
copy by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 15 November 1923
NPG x16774
Jan Christian Smuts; John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1933
NPG x19133
by Natal Mercury
bromide print, 1947
NPG x20699
Group photograph of 30 sitters including John Rushworth Jellicoe and Edward George Villiers Stanley
by James Russell & Sons
print, May 1917
NPG x32129
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