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Augustus Leopold Egg
British, 1816-1863

Augustus Leopold Egg British, 1816-1863

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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Augustus Leopold Egg, Pepys’ Introduction to Nell Gwynne, 1851
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Augustus Leopold Egg, Pepys’ Introduction to Nell Gwynne, 1851
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Augustus Leopold Egg British, 1816-1863

Pepys’ Introduction to Nell Gwynne, 1851
Oil on Canvas
23.5 x 43.5 inches (sight); 42 x 52 inches (framed)
LL “Augustus Egg 1851”
$ 48,000.00
Augustus Leopold Egg, Pepys’ Introduction to Nell Gwynne, 1851
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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Augustus Leopold Egg, Pepys’ Introduction to Nell Gwynne, 1851
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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Augustus Leopold Egg, Pepys’ Introduction to Nell Gwynne, 1851
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) Augustus Leopold Egg, Pepys’ Introduction to Nell Gwynne, 1851
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 5 ) Augustus Leopold Egg, Pepys’ Introduction to Nell Gwynne, 1851
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Provenance

Gift of Lewis Gruber, 1962; subsequently deaccessioned from a public institution, 2025

Exhibitions

Exhibited Royal Academy, 1851
Exhibited Royal Jubilee Exhibition, Manchester 1887

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