Augustus Leopold Egg

1816–1863

Augustus Leopold Egg, ‘Past and Present, No. 1’ 1858
Past and Present, No. 1 1858
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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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Augustus Leopold Egg, ‘Past and Present, No. 1’ 1858

Augustus Leopold Egg Past and Present, No. 1

1858
On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art N03278
Augustus Leopold Egg, ‘Past and Present, No. 3’ 1858

Augustus Leopold Egg Past and Present, No. 3

1858
On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art N03280
Augustus Leopold Egg, ‘Past and Present, No. 2’ 1858

Augustus Leopold Egg Past and Present, No. 2

1858
On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art N03279
Augustus Leopold Egg, ‘Beatrix Knighting Esmond’ 1857

Augustus Leopold Egg Beatrix Knighting Esmond

1857
N01385
Augustus Leopold Egg, ‘Scene from ‘The Devil upon Two Sticks’’ 1844, exhibited 1844

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

1844, exhibited 1844
N00444
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William Powell Frith, ‘Dolly Varden’ c.1842–9
Art Term

The Clique

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

Augustus Leopold Egg, ‘Past and Present, No. 1’ 1858
Art Term

Social realism

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

Augustus Leopold Egg, ‘Past and Present, No. 1’ 1858
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
Augustus Leopold Egg, ‘Past and Present, No. 1’ 1858
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 ...

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