Slade School country picnic
1 portrait of Augustus John
Slade School country picnic
by Unknown photographer
vintage bromide print, April 1899
6 3/4 in. x 10 in. (173 mm x 255 mm)
Purchased, 2004
Photographs Collection
NPG x38484
Artistback to top
- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6584 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Lady Edna Clarke Hall (1879-1979), Artist; wife of Sir William Clarke Hall; daughter of Benjamin Waugh. Sitter in 4 portraits, Artist or producer of 2 portraits. Identify
- Augustus Edwin John (1878-1961), Painter. Sitter in 106 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 33 portraits. Identify
- Gwendolen Mary ('Gwen') John (1876-1939), Painter; sister of Augustus John. Sitter in 3 portraits, Artist or producer of 1 portrait. Identify
- Sir William Orpen (1878-1931), Painter, Royal Academician. Sitter in 28 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 29 portraits. Identify
- Alice Mary (née Knewstub), Lady Rothenstein (1867-1957), Actress; wife of Sir William Rothenstein; daughter of Walter John Knewstub. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945), Artist and teacher of art. Sitter in 24 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 222 portraits. Identify
- Albert Rutherston (1881-1953), Artist. Sitter in 1 portrait, Artist or producer of 2 portraits. Identify
- Louise Salaman (1876-1958), Student at the Slade School of Fine Art. Sitter associated with 1 portrait.
This portraitback to top
In 1894 John entered the Slade School, London, where he was joined the following year by his sister, Gwen John. During his second year he transformed himself from a neat, methodical student to a wild, anarchical figure. His exceptional talent was recognised and he won the Slade Prize with Moses and the Brazen Serpent, 1898. This photograph records a country picnic arranged by Augustus John's landlady Mrs Everett. John sits on a horse at the centre of the scene alongside William Orpen, with whom John would found the Chelsea Art School in 1903.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Lydia Miller; Samira Ahmed, Inspirational Women: Rediscovering stories in Art, Science and Social Reform, 2022, p. 47
- Schama, Simon, The Face of Britain: The Nation Through its Portraits, 2015-09-15, p. 404
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Augustus John: A Life in Portraits (26 July 2011 - 18 March 2012)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1899back to top
Current affairs
George Nathaniel Curzon, Lord Curzon, is appointed Viceroy of India, pursuing a mixed policy of forceful control and conciliation. Curzon's inquiries into Indian administration result in legislation in areas including education, irrigation, and policing. The Board of Education is created to co-ordinate the work of higher grade elementary schools, county technical schools and endowed grammar schools, also setting up a register of teachers.Art and science
The Italian Guglielmo Marconi transmits the first wireless telegraph, between France and England across the English Channel, a distance of 32 miles. Marconi's production of waves over long distances lays the foundations for the development of the radio. Later this year, Marconi demonstrates his invention in America, at the Cup yacht race, and for the American navy.International
Outbreak of the second Boer war, fought between the British Empire and the two independent Boer Republics of the Orange Free State and the Transvaal. Despite a disastrous start, Britain quickly won the war, although guerilla warfare continued until 1902, leading to the introduction of concentration camps by British commander Lord Kitchener, a measure which contributes to the British public's growing disillusionment with the campaign.Comments back to top
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