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Reginald G. Eves R.A. "Dame Ellen Terry". Portrait Drawing.
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Reginald G. Eves R.A. "Dame Ellen Terry". Portrait Drawing.

1900 - 1920
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Artist: Reginald Grenville Eves R.A., R.I., R.O.I., R.P. (1876-1941).

Title: "Portrait of Dame Ellen Terry". Actress (1847-1928).

Signed. Dated circa 1900.

Charcoal. Oval.

Size: 21 1/2"x 16". Framed size: 27 1/4"x 22".

In a very good mount and gold leaf frame.

A very fine quality portrait.

In very good ready to hang condition. Trade enquiries welcome.

For more info please contact us at:

Tel: 01677 424830

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Email: williamgreenwoodfineart@gmail.com

Eves was born in 1876, the son of William Henry Eves, a London JP. He was educated at University College School and later at the Slade School of Fine Art, between 1891 and 1895, where he studied under Alphonse Legros, Frederick Brown and Henry Tonks. After the Slade, he lived and worked in Yorkshire for five years, before returning to London. In 1901 he had his first work shown at the Royal Academy. Eves exhibited in Paris several times and won a silver medal in 1924 and a gold medal in 1926 at the Paris Salon. He was elected as an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1933 and a Royal Academician in 1939. Eves established a successful society portrait practice in London and his subjects included Thomas Hardy, Sir Ernest Shackleton, George VI and Sir Max Beerbohm.

Lieutenant General Alan Brooke being painted by Eves, 30 April 1940.

When the Second World War broke out, Eves was among the first artists offered a full-time, salaried contract by the War Artists' Advisory Committee, and along with Barnett Freedman, Edward Ardizzone and Edward Bawden, was sent to France in 1940 with the British Expeditionary Force. There, Eves mainly painted portraits while based at a hotel in Arras. After he returned to Britain in April 1940, Eves salaried contract was allowed to lapse, as it was difficult for high-ranking officers to make time for lengthy portrait settings; he was to paint Gort and all the (BEF) corps commanders. Lieutenant General Alan Brooke sat for him on 23 and 29 April and 27 October but his portrait was not completed. He said that Eves should be good as he charges £1500 for a picture in private life. However he continued to undertake individual commissions for WAAC.

Eves died on 13 June 1941. His works form part of the collections of both the Tate and the National Portrait Gallery.

Physical Dimensions
Height
69cm (27.17")
Width
56cm (22.05")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
Declaration

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Framed Charcoal Portrait Drawing to the 1900s.

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SA996891
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WGP
Description
Artist: Reginald Grenville Eves R.A., R.I., R.O.I., R.P. (1876-1941).

Title: "Portrait of Dame Ellen Terry". Actress (1847-1928).

Signed. Dated circa 1900.

Charcoal. Oval.

Size: 21 1/2"x 16". Framed size: 27 1/4"x 22".

fig 1. An oval gilt-framed charcoal portrait drawing of a woman signed by R. G. Eves set against a light blue mount.
fig 1. Reginald G. Eves R.A. "Dame Ellen Terry". Portrait Drawing.

In a very good mount and gold leaf frame.

A very fine quality portrait.

In very good ready to hang condition. Trade enquiries welcome.

For more info please contact us at:

fig 2. An oval gilt-framed charcoal portrait drawing of a woman signed by R. G. Eves set against a light blue mount.
fig 2. Reginald G. Eves R.A. "Dame Ellen Terry". Portrait Drawing.

Tel: 01677 424830

Mob: 07885 175279

Email: williamgreenwoodfineart@gmail.com

Eves was born in 1876, the son of William Henry Eves, a London JP.

“
He was educated at University College School and later at the Slade School of Fine Art, between 1891 and 1895, where he studied under Alphonse Legros, Frederick Brown and Henry Tonks.
William Greenwood Fine Art

After the Slade, he lived and worked in Yorkshire for five years, before returning to London. In 1901 he had his first work shown at the Royal Academy. Eves exhibited in Paris several times and won a silver medal in 1924 and a gold medal in 1926 at the Paris Salon. He was elected as an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1933 and a Royal Academician in 1939. Eves established a successful society portrait practice in London and his subjects included Thomas Hardy, Sir Ernest Shackleton, George VI and Sir Max Beerbohm.

fig 3. An oval gilt-framed charcoal portrait drawing of a woman signed by R. G. Eves set against a light blue mount.
fig 3. Reginald G. Eves R.A. "Dame Ellen Terry". Portrait Drawing.

Lieutenant General Alan Brooke being painted by Eves, 30 April 1940.

When the Second World War broke out, Eves was among the first artists offered a full-time, salaried contract by the War Artists' Advisory Committee, and along with Barnett Freedman, Edward Ardizzone and Edward Bawden, was sent to France in 1940 with the British Expeditionary Force. There, Eves mainly painted portraits while based at a hotel in Arras. After he returned to Britain in April 1940, Eves salaried contract was allowed to lapse, as it was difficult for high-ranking officers to make time for lengthy portrait settings; he was to paint Gort and all the (BEF) corps commanders. Lieutenant General Alan Brooke sat for him on 23 and 29 April and 27 October but his portrait was not completed. He said that Eves should be good as he charges £1500 for a picture in private life. However he continued to undertake individual commissions for WAAC.

Eves died on 13 June 1941. His works form part of the collections of both the Tate and the National Portrait Gallery.

Height
69cm (27.17")
Width
56cm (22.05")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
Date of Manufacture

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Framed Charcoal Portrait Drawing to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers
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SA996891
Dealers Internal Ref
WGP
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