Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent (1864-1925), General and Commander-in-Chief of Army in India
Sitter in 19 portraits
Rawlinson entered the Army in 1884 as an officer in the King's Royal Rifles in India. At the outbreak of the First World War he took command of the British IV Corps. In 1915, he was elevated to command of the British First Army but was taken off the front after questioning higher ranks about the tactics being used. He commanded the Fourth Army in 1916 for the Allied offensive on the Somme. He was later involved in the 1918 battle at Amiens, described as the British army's most distinguished operation of the war. In 1920, Rawlinson was made Commander-in-Chief of the Army in India, a post he held until his death.
Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent
by Inglis Sheldon-Williams
watercolour and pencil, 1900
NPG 4039(4)
Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent
by John Singer Sargent
oil on canvas, circa 1919-1922
NPG 4181
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
Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent
by John Singer Sargent
pencil, circa 1922
NPG 2908(2)
Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent
by John Singer Sargent
pencil, circa 1922
NPG 2908(14)
Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent
by John Singer Sargent
pencil, circa 1922
NPG 2908(15)
Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent
by Alexander Bassano
vintage print, circa 1898
NPG x84558
Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent
by Alexander Bassano
vintage print, circa 1898
NPG x84559
Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent
by Henry Walter ('H. Walter') Barnett
vintage bromide print, early-mid 1910s
NPG x45447
Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x44089
Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x44090
Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, circa 1898
NPG x31959
Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, circa 1898
NPG x31960
Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, circa 1898
NPG x31961
Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, circa 1898
NPG x31962
Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, circa 1898
NPG x31963
Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1918
NPG x159821
Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x44088
Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x44091
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