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The Honourable Lady Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, née Antoinette Eno Pichot
Head and shoulders, full face to the viewer

Oil on board, 57.2 x 50.2 cm (22 ½ x 19 ¾ in.)

Sitters Book I, f. 38 Antoinette Johnstone [below that of her husband dated 8 April 1905]

De László painted two portraits of Lady Johnstone in 1905 [7418] [7426]. This rejected portrait remained in his studio until 1927, when he used the other side of the board to paint a study portrait of his friend Baron Slatin Pasha [7178]. This caused some amusement for the Baron, who wrote to the artist: “‘I am sending a photo of my girl, made by an amateur- which is quite good – A photo of the wonderful sketch of [sic]  kindly made of me and the photo of the Lady, who is on my back – always tickling me and to whom I have never been introduced – I [sic] would be very kind of you, if you would let me know her name!”^[1] 

For biographical notes on the sitter, see [7418].

Recto is Slatin Pasha, Baron Sir Rudolph Carl von [7178]

PROVENANCE:

Baron Slatin Pasha;

By descent

LITERATURE:

DLA033-0017, letter from Baron Slatin Pasha to de László, 26 August 1931

KF 2017