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Also Known As Augustus Edwin John
Born January 4, 1878 • Tenby • Wales
Died October 31, 1961 (aged 83) • England
Movement / Style Camden Town Group

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William Henry Davies, detail of a drawing by Augustus John, 1918; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
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