Sir Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh and 7th Marquess of Londonderry (1878-1949)
Philip Alexius de László (Budapest 1869 – 1937)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1914 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on board
Measurements
902 x 673 mm (35 1/2 x 26 1/2 in)
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Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1220980
Summary
Oil painting on board, Sir Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh and 7th Marquess of Londonderry (1878-1949), by Philip Alexius de László de Lombos (Budapest 1869 – London 1937), signed and dated 1914. A head-and-shoulders portrait study of Viscount Castlereagh, later 7th Marquess of Londonderry, turned to the right, wearing military uniform. Inscribed verso: painted in four hours with interval of tea - the day before the departure of C.V. to the front against Germany. P. de L
Provenance
Probably painted for the 7th Marquess when he was Viscount Castlereagh, or for his wife; 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
Bottom right: P. A. de Laszlo / LONDON / 1914. Aug. 19. Inscribed verso: : painted in four hours with interval of tea - the day before the departure of C.V. to the front against Germany. P. de L
Makers and roles
Philip Alexius de László (Budapest 1869 – 1937) , artist