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| Keywords: Sir Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner.jpg Artwork en Sir Alfred Milner 1st Viscount Milner 1854 - 1925 Statesmen Study for portrait in Statesmen of the Great War 1918-1925 oil canvas cm 76 50 102 30 https //www nationalgalleries org/collection/artists-a-z/g/artist/sir-james-guthrie/object/sir-alfred-milner-1st-viscount-milner-1854-1925-statesmen-study-for-portrait-in-statesmen-of-the-great-war-pg-1138 National Gallery of Scotland Creator James Guthrie In 1916 the Prime Minister David Lloyd George chose the very able administrator Alfred Milner to join his War Cabinet Previously he had been in charge successively of food-production and coal - mining The Prime Minister sent Milner on key international missions; most importantly to the Western Front where he successfully healed the serious rift that had developed between the British and French commands At the end of the war Milner held the office of Secretary of State for War This oil sketch was made by Guthrie in preparation for his great commission ˜Statesmen of the Great War ™ object history Given by W G Gardiner and Sir Frederick C Gardiner 1930 PD-old-70 Paintings in the National Gallery of Scotland Statesmen of World War I James Guthrie Alfred Milner 1st Viscount Milner | ||||
