Augustus Leopold Egg

Augustus Leopold Egg
RA
Augustus Egg by Richard Dadd (between 1838 and 1840)
Born2 May 1816
Died26 March 1863 (aged 46)
NationalityBritish
MovementThe Clique
ElectedRoyal Academy of Arts

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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