Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
(1857-1932), Field Marshal20th Century Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 21 portraits
Herbert Plumer is generally regarded as one of the finest army commanders serving in France during the First World War. He joined the Army in 1876, serving in Sudan and South Africa before becoming quartermaster general of the new Army Council. On the outbreak of war in 1914, he was placed in command of the 5th corps, part of the 2nd Army stationed at Ypres. He commanded the 2nd Army from 1915 until the end of the war.
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
by Alexander Bassano
printing-out paper print, 1899
NPG P1700(49d)
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 13 November 1902
NPG 3000
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
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1899
NPG x32018
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1899
NPG x32019
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
by Alexander Bassano
printing-out paper cabinet card, 1899
NPG x39341
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1899
NPG x96526
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1899
NPG x96527
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1899
NPG x96528
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x65455
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x65456
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x65457
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x65458
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x65459
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x65460
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x65461
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x65462
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 29 November 1900
NPG D45041
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer ('Men of the Day. No. 857.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 13 November 1902
NPG D45144
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published 1902
NPG D6764
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