Edith Helen Chaplin, Marchioness of Londonderry (1878-1959)
Philip Alexius de László (Budapest 1869 – 1937)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1927 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1016 x 635 mm (40 x 25 in)
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Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1220979
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Edith Helen Chaplin, Marchioness of Londonderry (1878-1959), by Philip Alexius de László de Lombos (Budapest 1869 – London 1937), signed and dated 1927. A half-length portrait study of Edith, Marchioness of Londonderry, turned to the right, wearing a tiara.
Provenance
Presumably commissioned by the sitter, or by her husband; thence by descent to their youngest child, Lady Mairi Bury (1921-2009); by whom given to the National Trust in 1976
Credit line
Mount Stewart, The Londonderry Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Lower right: Study of Lady Londonderry / 1927 / de Laszlo
Makers and roles
Philip Alexius de László (Budapest 1869 – 1937) , artist