John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres
(1852-1925), Field Marshal20th Century Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 24 portraits
Born at Ripple in Kent, French had a distinguished career in the Sudan, in the expedition to relieve General Gordon at Khartoum, and in South Africa where he relieved the siege of Kimberly. As Commander-in-Chief, Aldershot, from 1902, he was responsible for the total reform of military manoeuvres. He became Chief of the Imperial General Staff in 1912 and in 1914 held supreme command of the British Expeditionary Force in France. Failure to break the German line at the Battles of Ypres and Loos, saw him succeeded by Sir Douglas Haig on the Western Front in 1915. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Home Forces until the end of the war, and became Lord Lieutenant in Ireland in 1918.
John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres
by Sidney Cooper Weston, for Lambert Weston & Son
albumen print, 1890s
NPG P1700(48b)
John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres
by John Singer Sargent
oil on canvas, circa 1919-1922
NPG 2654
General Officers of World War I
by John Singer Sargent
oil on canvas, 1922
On display in Room 25 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1954
John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres
by John Singer Sargent
pencil, circa 1922
NPG 2908(11)
John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres
by Sidney Cooper Weston, for Lambert Weston & Son
cabinet card, 1890s
NPG x39349
John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres
by Knight, published by Ogden's
cigarette card, published circa 1899
NPG x197039
'King Edward & His Empire Builders'
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, circa 1907
NPG x197883
John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres
by Christina Broom
bromide print on card mount, 1910s
NPG x27570
published by James Valentine & Sons Ltd, after Frank Arthur Swaine, and Langfier Ltd, and Alexander Bassano, and Sport & General Press Agency Ltd, and James Russell & Sons
bromide postcard print, 1911 or after
NPG x197673
'F.M. Sir John French, with A.D.C.'s. Commander in Chief in France'
published by Realistic Travels
printing-out paper stereoscopic card, 1914-1918
NPG x26381
John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres with his aides-de-camp
published by Realistic Travels
albumen stereoscopic card, circa 1914
NPG x134378
Joseph-Jacques-Césaire Joffre; John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres
by Unknown photographer, and by Unknown photographer
hand-coloured bromide prints, published 1914
NPG x137270
John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, circa 1914
NPG x198222
John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres
by James Russell & Sons, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, circa 1914
NPG x198223
John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres
by Reginald Haines
bromide postcard print, circa 1914
On display in Room 25 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x198224
John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39002
John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1918
NPG x21920
John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres ('Men of the Day. No. 783.
by Godfrey Douglas Giles
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 12 July 1900
NPG D45021
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 29 November 1900
NPG D45041
John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres
supplement to Illustrated London News, after John St Helier Lander
photogravure, after 1908
NPG D36275
John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres
by Unknown artist
lithograph, circa 1913-1915
NPG D36274
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, circa 1914
NPG x193603
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, circa 1914
NPG x193604
John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass copy negative, October 1944 (1918)
NPG x169687
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