Harry Brodribb Irving (1870-1919)
Reginald Grenville Eves, RA (London 1876 - Middleton in Teesdale 1941)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1913
Materials
Black charcoal on paper
Measurements
585 x 465 mm
Order this imageCollection
Greys Court, Oxfordshire
NT 196032
Summary
Black charcoal drawing on paper, Harry Brodribb Irving (1870-1919) by Reginald Grenville Eves, RA (London 1876 – Middleton in Teesdale 1941), signed: R. G. Eves centre bottom. Framed and mounted. 1913. Possibly a study for NT 197035
Full description
Black charcoal drawing on paper, Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905) by Reginald Grenville Eves, RA (London 1876 – Middleton in Teesdale 1941), signed: R. G. Eves, centre bottom. Framed and mounted. Reginald Grenville Eves (24 May 1876 – 13 June 1941) was a British painter who made portraits of many prominent military, political and cultural figures between the two world wars. Eves was born in 1876 and attended the Slade School of Fine Art. He was elected as an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1933 and a Royal Academician in 1939. He was appointed as an Official War Artist to the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) in 1940. He died on 13 June 1941. His works form part of the collections of both the Tate and the National Portrait Gallery.
Provenance
Assigned to the National Trust from the estate of Lady Elizabeth Brunner, 2022
Makers and roles
Reginald Grenville Eves, RA (London 1876 - Middleton in Teesdale 1941), artist