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Augustus Leopold Egg

(1816-1863), Genre and history painter

Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 7 portraits
Artist of 1 portrait


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Augustus Leopold Egg, by Charles Hutton Lear - NPG 1456(5)

Augustus Leopold Egg

by Charles Hutton Lear
chalk, 1845
NPG 1456(5)

Augustus Leopold Egg, after William Frederick Lake Price - NPG x5180

Augustus Leopold Egg

after William Frederick Lake Price
albumen copy print, arched top, circa 1855
NPG x5180

Group including Clarkson Stanfield, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins and Augustus Leopold Egg, after Unknown photographer - NPG x45067

Group including Clarkson Stanfield, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins and Augustus Leopold Egg

after Unknown photographer
photogravure, (1857)
NPG x45067

Augustus Leopold Egg, by Maull & Co, after Maull & Polyblank - NPG Ax14815

Augustus Leopold Egg

by Maull & Co, after Maull & Polyblank
albumen carte-de-visite, (circa 1863)
NPG Ax14815

Augustus Leopold Egg, by Maull & Polyblank - NPG Ax14945

Augustus Leopold Egg

by Maull & Polyblank
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1863
NPG Ax14945

Augustus Leopold Egg, by Maull & Polyblank - NPG Ax17289

Augustus Leopold Egg

by Maull & Polyblank
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1863
NPG Ax17289

Augustus Leopold Egg, by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after John Phillip - NPG D42761

Augustus Leopold Egg

by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after John Phillip
mixed method engraving, circa 1865
NPG D42761

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