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Sir James Guthrie, Statesmen of World War I, 1930, National Portrait Gallery, London

Statesmen of World War I is an oil on canvas painting by Sir James Guthrie, completed in 1930, shortly before Guthrie's death. It was commissioned by South African financier Sir Abraham Bailey, 1st Baronet to commemorate the politicians and statesmen of Britain and its Dominions who held office during the First World War. It was donated to the National Portrait Gallery in 1930, shortly after it was completed.

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Statesmen of World War I

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Statesmen of World War I is an oil on canvas painting by Sir James Guthrie, completed in 1930, shortly before Guthrie's death. It was commissioned by South...

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World War I reparations

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Following their defeat in World War I, the Central Powers agreed to pay war reparations to the Allied Powers. Each defeated power was required to make...

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Causes of World War I

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The identification of the causes of World War I remains a debated issue. World War I began in the Balkans on July 28, 1914, and hostilities ended on November...

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General Officers of World War I

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portraits, Statesmen of World War I by Sir James Guthrie, and Naval Officers of World War I by Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope. Bailey paid £5,000 for each of the...

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World War I

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World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central...

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Bulgaria during World War I

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The Kingdom of Bulgaria participated in World War I on the side of the Central Powers from 14 October 1915, when the country declared war on Serbia, until...

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Historiography of World War I

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and consequences of modern warfare began during the initial phases of World War I; this process continued throughout and after the end of hostilities, and...

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Naval Officers of World War I

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General Officers of World War I (originally entitled Some General Officers of the Great War) by John Singer Sargent, and Statesmen of World War I by Sir James...

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German entry into World War I

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Germany entered into World War I on August 1, 1914, when it declared war on Russia. In accordance with its war plan, it ignored Russia and moved first...

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Franz Joseph I of Austria

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Russian Empire. This activated a system of alliances declaring war on each other, which resulted in World War I. Franz Joseph died in 1916, after ruling...

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1930 in art

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Is The Price I Paid For Love James Guthrie – Statesmen of World War I Edward Hopper – Early Sunday Morning Augustus John – Portrait of Tallulah Bankhead...

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Egypt in World War II

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the North African campaign during the Second World War, being the location of the First and Second Battles of El Alamein. Legally an independent kingdom...

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Propaganda in World War II

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Propaganda in World War II had the goals of influencing morale, indoctrinating soldiers and military personnel, and influencing civilians of enemy countries...

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Cod Wars

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combination of powerful domestic pressures on statesmen to escalate and miscalculation by those statesmen contributed to the outbreak of the Cod Wars. The study...

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Execution of Charles I

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put it, the general conduct of the statesmen of Europe was to "pay lip-service alone to the idea of avenging the outrage [of the execution], and to govern...

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Peter I of Serbia

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commander of the Royal Serbian Army in the Balkan Wars. On 24 June 1914, the aging king proclaimed his son and heir Alexander as regent. In World War I, the...

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Alexander I of Yugoslavia

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Balkan Wars, leading the Serbian army to victory over the Ottomans and the Bulgarians. In 1914, he became prince regent of Serbia. During the First World War...

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Crimean War

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ISBN 0-253-35050-6. OCLC 796911. "diplomacy – The Concert of Europe to the outbreak of World War I". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 9 September 2021....

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Abdul Hamid I

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supervised the government closely, and worked with statesmen. Abdul Hamid, I turned to internal affairs after the war with Russia ended. He tried to suppress internal...

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Suez Crisis

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Arab–Israeli War, also referred to as the Tripartite Aggression in the Arab world and as the Sinai War in Israel, was a British–French–Israeli invasion of Egypt...

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Preventive war

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elder statesmen soundly rejected their arguments. However, during several of the East-West confrontations that marked the first decade of the Cold War, well-placed...

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