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Augustus Egg

British artist (1816-1863)
Person human Q2578242

Facts

24 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
May 2, 1816
Date of death
March 26, 1863
Place of birth
London
Place of death
Algiers
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[6]
Occupation
painter
Notable work
Past and Present[7]
Work location
London[13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[18]
Artist files at
Frick Art Research Library, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
Depicted by
Augustus Egg[14]
Described by source
Nordisk familjebok, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15][16][17]
Family name
Egg[11]
Given name
Augustus[12]
Has works in the collection
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Tate, New Mexico Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Royal Academy of Arts, Yale Center for British Art, National Portrait Gallery, National Gallery, Fitzwilliam Museum, Princeton Art Museum, Tate Britain, Ashmolean Museum, Government Art Collection, Manchester Art Gallery, Walker Art Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, Guildhall Art Gallery, Harris Museum, Mercer Art Gallery, Charles Dickens Museum, Leicester Museum & Art Gallery[22]
Member of
Royal Academy of Arts, The Clique[8][9]
Name in native language
Augustus Egg[19]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library, WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/New Mexico State Library[20][21]
P14585
90109
P14608
1034228595
P14750
9872-64B4-4BBA-A3C2-C5EC
🏷️ Also known as
en A.L. Egg en Augustus Egg en Augustus Leopold Egg en Autustus Leopold Egg en Egg es Augustus Leopold Egg he אוגוסטוס אג ja オーガスタス・エッグ nl Augustus Leopold Egg ru Август Леопольд Эгг ru Август Эгг ru Эгг, Август Леопольд sv Augustus Leopold Egg sv Egg th ออกัสตัส ลีโอโปลด์ เอ้ก tr Augustus Leopold Egg zh 奥古斯都·利奥波德·埃格 zh-hant 奧古斯都·利奧波德·艾格
🔖 Identifiers · 53
ISNI
0000000066609952
VIAF cluster ID
22413946
Library of Congress authority ID
n87123962
GND ID
1034228595
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Richard Dadd - Augustus Egg - Google Art Project.jpg ↗
Art Renewal Center artist ID
128
Art UK artist ID
egg-augustus-leopold-18161863
Artcyclopedia artist ID
egg_augustus_leopold
Artists of the World ID
10201518
Artnet artist ID
augustus-leopold-egg
AskArt person ID
9000412
Athenaeum person ID
2269
Show all 53 identifiers +41
Benezit ID
B00057717
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14973349m
Bridgeman artist ID
781
British Museum person or institution ID
26238
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01941211
Christie's creator ID
20841
DDB person (GND) ID
1034228595
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
1034228595
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
117601
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Augustus-Egg
Europeana entity
agent/base/152578
FAST ID
206193
Freebase ID
/m/04wqc9
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
991004065129707141
Google Arts & Culture entity ID
m04wqc9
Grove Art Online ID
T025031
Invaluable.com person ID
df1gcpn0eq
LBT person ID
AuEgg1863
Larousse ID
peinture/Augustus_Leopold_Egg/152037
MutualArt artist ID
76A9124DF827EA44
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007451792805171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX5463971
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp01440
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art person ID
12278
Notable Names Database ID
478/000097187
OpenMLOL author ID
315322
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
8595
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110810104823362
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
58460
RA Collections ID
5641
RKDartists ID
25659
Royal Academy ID
augustus-egg-ra
SNAC ARK ID
w6xp844k
Tate artist ID
augustus-leopold-egg-169
UK National Archives ID
F58812
Union List of Artist Names ID
500024002
Watercolour World artist ID
augustus-leopold-egg
Wellcome Collection concept ID
ke9zsanb
WikiTree person ID
Egg-30
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJwD3ccH48b9pr7xbkHBfq
YCBA agent ID
24
🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 19
National Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, National Portrait Gallery, Ashmolean Museum, Royal Academy of Arts, Tate Britain, Tate, Cleveland Museum of Art +11 more
Described by source 2
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Nordisk familjebok
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Given name 1
Augustus
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
Royal Academy of Arts
Occupation 1
painter
Part of 1
The Clique
Place of birth 1
London
Place of death 1
Algiers
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
London
← Creator 1
The Travelling Companions
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Summary

Born in London[1], he… he was born on May 2, 1816[2]. He passed away in Algiers[3]. He died on March 26, 1863[4]. He worked as a painter[5].

FAQs

Where was Augustus Egg born?

Born in London[1].

Where did Augustus Egg die?

Augustus Egg passed away in Algiers[3].

What did Augustus Egg do for work?

Augustus Egg worked as painter[5].

Related Entities

Algiers Ashmolean Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Fitzwilliam Museum London National Gallery National Portrait Gallery Royal Academy of Arts Tate Britain United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Victoria and Albert Museum

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  1. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 9872-64B4-4BBA-A3C2-C5EC
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  2. 12w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Member of → Royal Academy of Arts, The Clique
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  3. 17w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14608 → 1034228595
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  4. 17w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Depicted by → Augustus Egg
    Sex or gender → male
    Described by source → Nordisk familjebok, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Citizenship → —
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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