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Portrait of Sir George Oswald Browning Allen, CBE



Date:
1969
Object Number:
TN.2009.2369
Creator
John RA Ward (artist)
Material
oil on canvas
Size
100 x 73 cm
Object name
painting
Object category
pictures

Description

Half length, profile portrait of Allen sitting on a Long Room chair in the Committee Room of the Lord's Pavilion watching a match. Wearing suit jacket, white shirt and navy blue tie with three lion motif of England.
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Display caption

Sir George Oswald Browning Allen, universally known as ‘Gubby’, is shown here seated in the Committee Room of the Pavilion during a match. Painted from life by Royal Academician John Ward it shows the sitter during his off-field career. Allen served as Chairman of Selectors from 1955 - 1963, Chairman of the MCC Cricket Committee from 1956- 1963, MCC President in 1963-1964 and Treasurer from 1964-1976. On the field Allen captained MCC on its tour of Australia in 1936-1937, narrowly losing the Ashes series to Bradman’s Australians. His first-class career spanned 29 years. Ward worked as an illustrator for the glossy fashion magazine Vogue. It was during this time that he produced spontaneous sketches of models – an experience of lasting importance that proved useful when working with a wide range of celebrity sitters.
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Association:
Sir George Oswald Browning Allen (sitter) 1963 - 1969
John RA Ward (artist)
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