Augustus Leopold Egg

1816–1863

*Past and Present, No. 3* 1858
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Historic and Modern British Art

Biography

Augustus Leopold Egg RA (2 May 1816 – 26 March 1863) was a British Victorian artist, and member of The Clique 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

Scene from ‘The Devil upon Two Sticks’
Augustus Leopold Egg
1844, exhibited 1844
Beatrix Knighting Esmond
Augustus Leopold Egg
1857
Past and Present, No. 1
Augustus Leopold Egg
1858

On display at Tate Britain part of Historic and Modern British Art
Past and Present, No. 2
Augustus Leopold Egg
1858

On display at Tate Britain part of Historic and Modern British Art
Past and Present, No. 3
Augustus Leopold Egg
1858

On display at Tate Britain part of Historic and Modern British Art

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Historic and Modern British Art

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Artworks

Scene from ‘The Devil upon Two Sticks’

Beatrix Knighting Esmond

Past and Present, No. 1

Past and Present, No. 2

Past and Present, No. 3

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