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David, 1st Earl Lloyd George (1863-1945)
LAVERY, Sir John (1856 - 1941)
[image: David, 1st Earl Lloyd George (1863-1945)]
Date: 1935
Media: oil on canvas
Size: 91.4 x 76.2 cm
Acquired: 1938; Gift; Sir John Lavery
Accession Number: NMW A 2955
This portrait of Lloyd George was painted in 1935. Twenty five years before, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, he had masterminded the investiture of Edward VIII as Prince of Wales, before becoming Prime Minister from 1916 to 1922, and leading Britain to victory in the First World War. Its artist, the Ulster-born John Lavery trained in Glasgow and Paris, and settled in London, where he became a successful painter of society portraits, which can compared with those of Sargent. An Irish Nationalist, he painted several Republican figures, as well as Britain's war leaders.
This work is currently on display:
Gallery 5
National Museum Cardiff, level 4
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2 comments
Amgueddfa Cymru on 8 June 2009, 16:23
Dear Alun, apologies that the image is not available to view online, the image is subject to copyright which prevents us from displaying it here.
They misspelling of Britain's has now been corrected.
Thank for your interest in Amgueddfa Cymru.
Alun Wyn Jones on 8 June 2009, 16:18
It would be nice if it would be possible to see the picture online also Britain's is spelt
Britain?s on the final line!!
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