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Colonel Edward Mandell House 1916

Half-length to the right, his head turned to the left, wearing a grey suit, white shirt and purple tie under a brown overcoat with a fur trim, a grey Homburg hat and gold watch chain, his left hand on his hip, all against a dark grey background

Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 75 cm (36 ½ x 29 ½ in.)

Inscribed lower left: P.A. de László / LONDON 1916 II - 18

Sitters’ Book II, f. 2: E.M. House February 18. 1916.

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

On loan to the Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University

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