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Professor Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie 1934

Seated three-quarter length, wearing an academic gown over a grey suit, his right hand holding a red and black Badarian vase on his knee, a curtain behind on the left

Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 59.1 cm (36 x 23 ¼ in.)

Inscribed lower right: de László / 1934   

Laib L18970(275) / C22(31)  

NPG Album 1934, p. 10b

Sitters’ Book II, f. 78: Flinders Petrie. July 19. [among other signatures dated 1934]

Studio Inventory, p. 19 (112): Sir Flinders Petrie. The eminent archaeologist holding one of his famous finds in his hand.Painted for the artist’s pleasure.

National Portrait Gallery, London

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