General Sir William Birdwood

General Sir William Birdwood
 1920

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
56.0 × 40.5 cm
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint u.c.: John S. Sargent 1920
Accession Number
1303-3
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1924
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Military and Warfare Portraits
Subjects (specific)
busts (general, figures) generals (officers) men (male humans) military officers military uniforms moustaches ribbon bars World War I (global war, 1914-1918)

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