Augustus Leopold Egg

1816–1863

In Tate Britain

Walk Through British Art: 1840

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Biography

Augustus Leopold Egg RA (London 2 May 1816 – 26 March 1863 Algiers) was a Victorian artist best known for his modern triptych Past and Present (1858), which depicts the breakup of a middle-class Victorian family.

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Artworks

Augustus Leopold Egg Past and Present, No. 1

1858

On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art
Augustus Leopold Egg Past and Present, No. 3

1858

On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art
Augustus Leopold Egg Past and Present, No. 2

1858

On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art
Augustus Leopold Egg Beatrix Knighting Esmond

1857
Augustus Leopold Egg Scene from ‘The Devil upon Two Sticks’

1844, exhibited 1844

Features

Art Term

The Clique

The Clique was an informal society formed in around 1837 by a group of friends while they were students at …
Art Term

Social realism

Refers to any realist painting that also carries a clearly discernible social or political comment
Tate Papers

A Dramatic Reading of Augustus Leopold Egg’s Untitled Triptych

Annabel Rutherford

This article explores the significance of the theatrical and literary references found in the triptych Past and Present 1858 by …
Tate Papers

Tate Papers no.7: Spring 2007

Tate Papers no.7, Spring 2007, featuring Gordon Matta-Clark, augustus Leopold Egg, Josef albers and Eva Hesse