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William Henry Davies (1871-1940)
JOHN, Augustus (1878 - 1961)
© Courtesy of the Artist's Estate/Bridgeman Art Library
Media: oil on canvas
Size: 76.2 x 63.5 cm
Acquired: 1940; Gift; Gwendoline Davies
Accession Number: NMW A 160
Collection: The Davies Sisters Collection
W.H.Davies was born in Newport and spent 1893-99 in America, where he lost a foot in a train jumping accident and accumulated the experiences for his Autobiography of a Super Tramp. His first book was published in 1905 and by 1911 he was established as an author of prose and poetry. Friendly with a number of artists, Epstein executed a bronze head of him in 1916. This portrait dates from 1916-18
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