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Artists Rifles
• Founded by Edward Sterling in 1860• Originally titled – 38th Middlesex (Artists)
Rifle Volunteers• In 1870s comprised two companies of
painters and two companies of architects• By 1893 painters and sculptors
represented less than 5% of the membership with architects 12%, lawyers 12%, doctors 10% and civil engineers 6%.
“Such splendid beards; worthy of Titian and such fine faces! Imagine some dirty little scrub of a foreigner picking off his Stanfield, or potting a Millais before breakfast. But there would be plenty of Englishmen left to avenge them and to paint good pictures afterwards.”
Once a Week, 1860
Some Early Members (1) 1860s
• Frederic, Lord Leighton P.R.A.• George Frederick Watts R.A.• John Everett Millais P.R.A.• William Morris• Dante Gabriel Rossetti• Edward Burne-Jones• William Holman Hunt
Frederic, Lord Leighton P.R.A.Lieutenant Colonel
Frederic, Lord Leighton P.R.A.The Music Lesson
George Frederick Watts R.A.
George Frederick Watts R.A.Echo and Narcissus
Sir John Everett Millais P.R.A.
John Everett Millais P.R.A.The Boyhood of Raleigh
William Morris
William MorrisGuinevere and Iseult
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante Gabriel RossettiBeata Beatrix
Edward Burne-Jones
Edward Burne-JonesThe Tree of Forgiveness
William Holman Hunt
William Holman HuntThe Lady of Shalott
Some Early Members (2) 1860s
• Henry Wyndham Phillips• John William Waterhouse R.A.• Luke Fildes R.A.• Val Prinsep R.A.• Charles Edward Perugini• Robert William Edis• Frederick Pepys Cockerell
Henry Wyndham Phillips
Henry Wyndham PhillipsLucie, Lady Duff-Gordon
John William Waterhouse R.A.
John William Waterhouse R.A.The Lady of Shalott
Luke Fildes R.A.
Luke Fildes R.A.The Doctor
Val Prinsep R.A.
Val Prinsep R.A.The Queen was in the Parlour
Charles Edward Perugini
Charles Edward PeruginiGirl Reading
Robert William EdisColonel
Robert William EdisThe Grand Central Hotel, London
Frederick Pepys Cockerell
Frederick Pepys CockerellClonalis House, Ireland
Some Early Members (3)1860s
• Algernon Swinburne • Sir Edward Poynter P.R.A.• Carl Haag• Henry Tanworth-Wells R.A.• William Yeames R.A.• Henry Stacy Marks R.A.
Algernon Swinburne
Algernon Swinburne Atalanta in Calydon
Sir Edward Poynter P.R.A.
Sir Edward Poynter
P.R.A.The Fortune Teller
Carl Haag
Carl HaagA Nomad and his
Camel
Henry Tanworth-Wells R.A.
Henry Tanworth-Wells R.A.Volunteers at the Firing-Point
William F. Yeames R.A.
William F. Yeames R.A.When did you Last See your
Father?
Henry Stacy Marks R.A.
Henry Stacy Marks R.A.Science is Measurement
Various Works by
other Artists1860s-1900
Edwin Long R.A.Nouzhatoul-âouadat
David Wilkie WynfieldSelf Portrait
Frederick Walker A.R.A.
Frederick Walker A.R.A.Study of a Woman
Field Talfourd
Field TalfourdElizabeth Barrett Browning
John Evan Hodgson R.A.
John Evan Hodgson R.A.
A Shipwrecked Sailor
George Vicat Cole R.A.
George Vicat Cole R.A.
Autumn Morning
Sir William Blake Richmond R.A.
Sir William Blake Richmond R.A.
Orpheus returning from the Shades
Walter William Ouless R.A.
Portrait of Henry Stacy Marks
Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow R.A.
The Banks of the River Loing
Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope R.A.
Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope R.A.
Sir William Henry Perkin
Sir Aston Webb P.R.A.
Sir Aston Webb P.R.A.
Admiralty Arch
HamoHamo Thornycroft R.A.
HamoHamo Thornycroft R.A.
Oliver Cromwell
John Burgess R.A.The Freedom of the Press
Andrew Gow R.A.A Mountain Pass
John Seymour Lucas R.A.
John Seymour Lucas R.A.
News from the Front
Henry Woods R.A.Il Campo SS Giovanni e
Paola
William Barnes Wollen
William Barnes Wollen
The Rugby Match
W.F. CalderonHow the Four Fairy…
Adrian Stokes R.A.
Lago Maggiore
William Lee-HankeyThe Time Was Young
Artists Rifles Uniforms 1859-1913
Alfred Egerton Cooper
Some Later Members (1)1914+
• Charles Jagger A.R.A.• John Millar Watt (Pop)• Paul Nash• John Nash R.A.• Frank Dobson R.A.• James Bateman R.A.• Sidney Strube • Herbert Gunn R.A.• Malcolm Osborne R.A.• Meredith Frampton R.A.
Charles Jagger A.R.A.Royal Artillery Memorial
John Millar Watt (Pop)
Paul Nash
Paul NashEquivalents for the
Megaliths
John Nash R.A.
John Nash R.A.Over the Top
Frank Dobson R.A.
Frank Dobson R.A.
Study for Head of Pax
James Bateman R.A.
James Bateman R.A.Lullington Church
Sidney Strube
Sidney Strube
Sir Herbert James Gunn R.A.
Conversation Piece at Royal Lodge
Malcolm Osborne R.A.
Stirling Church
Meredith Frampton R.A.
Still-Life
Some Later Members (2)1914+
• Alfred Leete• Lance Thackeray• Bert Thomas • Alfred Egerton Cooper• Bernard Fleetwood-Walker• Edward Thomas• Arthur Reginald Smith • Robert Sherriffs• William McMillan R.A.• Wilfred Owen
Alfred Leete
Lance Thackeray
Bert Thomas
Ivor InnesThe Elfin Oak
Alfred Egerton CooperCrowd in Piccadilly
Bernard Fleetwood-Walker
Family at Polperro 1934-36
Edward ThomasPoet
Arthur Reginald Smith
Kettlewell Bridge
Robert Sherriffs
William McMillan R.A.
Syrinx
Wilfred Owen
Some Later Members (3)
• Clive Brook (actor)• Wilfrid Lawson (actor)• Noel Coward (actor)• Lance Sieveking (BBC producer &
writer)• Desmond Llewellyn (actor)• Sir Barnes Wallis (engineer)
Clive BrookActor
Wilfrid Lawson
Actor
Sir Noel Coward
Lance SievekingBBC
Desmond Llewelyn“Q” In James Bond
Sir Barnes Wallis
Royal Academy – War Memorial
Names to Follow up (1)
• Arthur Gilbert• Robert Underdown• Charles Earles• William W. Fenn• Wilfred R. Wood• Arthur Gerald Ackermann• Walter Montague Smyth (1863-
1965)
Names to Follow up (2)
• Ernest Cole (sculptor)• John Wheatley (etcher and
engraver)• Edward Henry Handley Read• Charles Moore (stained glass artist)• William Swinden Barber (architect)• Sir Stephen Courtauld (patron)
Names to Follow up (3)
• Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson (actor)• Ian Forbes-Robertson (actor)• Eric Forbes-Robertson (artist)• Norman Forbes(-Robertson) (actor)• Brandon Thomas (actor and author
Charley’s Aunt)• John Wildash RSA• Charles Maresco Pearce (1874-1964)• Charles Mott (singer)
Names to Follow up (4)
• Edgell Rickwood (poet)• Alfred Bentley• Kennard Bliss (poet and musician)• Alfred McLelland Burrage (author)• Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm (sculptor)
Post War Artists
• Andrew Russell (Rusty) Ashman• Bill Billings• David Jenner• Peter Power
In 1947 the Artists Rifles were resurrected with the title
21 SAS Regiment (Artists)
For further information see:
www.artistsriflesassociation.org