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Augustus Leopold Egg

1816–1863

Past and Present, No. 3 1858
In Tate Britain

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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The Clique Victorian / Genre

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  • 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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