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Sir Henry Newbolt
Presented by James MacLehose through the Art Fund 1906
actions: postures and motions
adults
arms folded
author
clothing and personal items
individuals: male
literary
man
named individuals
Newbolt, Henry, Sir
objects
people
poet
portraits
sitting
suit
work and occupations
paper unique graphite
Sir Henry Newbolt
support: 305 × 190 mm
Presented by James MacLehose through the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 1906
<p><b>N02079</b> SIR HENRY NEWBOLT 1897</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘W. Strang’ t.r. and ‘Henry Newbolt’ b.l., under mount.
<br/>Pencil, 9×6 3/4 (23×17) outline frame on sheet 12 1/8×7 3/8 (30·75×18·75).
<br/>Presented by James Maclehose through the National Art-Collections Fund 1906.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> In the possession of the artist until 1901.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> <i>International Exhibition</i>, Glasgow, 1901 (300).
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>N.A.C.F. Report 1906</i>, 1907, facing p.27.</p>
<p>A preliminary <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> made in 1897 for the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/etching" title="Glossary definition for 'Etching'"><span>etching</span></a> executed the following year, which is recorded and reproduced in Laurence Binyon's <i>William Strang: Catalogue of his Etched Work</i>, 1906, p.139, No.344. The etching measures 10×7 in. and is in the same direction as <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/strang-sir-henry-newbolt-n02079" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N02079</span></a>.</p>
<p>Sir Henry John Newbolt (1862–1938), poet and man of letters, author of <i>Drake's Drum</i> and <i>Admirals All</i>, as well as of two volumes of the official history of the First World War; he was a Trustee of the National <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>Portrait</span></a> Gallery from 1928 to 1937.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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2004-09-23T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults arms folded author clothing and personal items individuals: male literary man named individuals Newbolt, Henry, Sir objects people poet portraits sitting suit work and occupations