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Study portrait

Paul Leonardo de Laszlo 1916

Head-and-shoulders in profile to the left, three-quarter face looking to the viewer, wearing an Eton collar

Oil on board, 47.6 x 37.5 cm (18 ⅞ x 14 ⅞ in.)

Inscribed lower right: To our dear Paul / in Souvenir to enter his first Term / 1916 . January . 20 / P. A. de László  

Laib L8403 (622) / C16 (10)  

Private Collection

The inscription on this portrait refers to Paul's first term at Twyford Preparatory School, near Winchester in Hampshire. The four eldest sons of the artist went to Twyford, the youngest, John, attended King's Mead Preparatory School in Sussex. Later that year, the artist painted two double portraits of Paul with his brother Patrick, at Easter [12925] and with Stephen in September [8271].

For biographical notes on the sitter, see [11619].

PROVENANCE:         

In the possession of the artist on his death

LITERATURE:

•Field, Katherine ed., Transcribed by Susan de Laszlo, The Diaries of Lucy de László Volume I: (1890-1913), de Laszlo Archive Trust, 2019, p. 208, ill.

SdeL 2008