Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th duke of Devonshire (1868-1938), politician and Governor-General of Canada

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Philip Alexius De László, portrait painter, was born in Budapest, where he studied at the School of Arts and Crafts from 1884 and at the National Academy of Arts from 1885. He later studied at the Royal Bavarian Academy of Art, Munich, before enrolling at the Academie Julian in Paris in 1890. De Laszlo exhibited widely in Europe, including at the Paris Salon. He received many international honours and commissions from royalty. He settled in England in 1907, the year his first one-man show was held at the Fine Art Society, and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1911. In 1914, he became a naturalised British subject, but was interned in 1917. In 1930, he became President of the Royal Society of British Artists. He died in London in 1937.

People

Victor Christian William, 9th Duke of Devonshire Cavendish (1868 - 1938)

Places

Subjects

male portrait, man, 20th century costume, Duke, Governor General of Canada, Member of Parliament

Materials & Techniques

chine collé, photogravure

Artist

Philip Alexius de László (1869 - 1937)
British 20th century unknown

Title

Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th duke of Devonshire (1868-1938), politician and Governor-General of Canada

Date

Medium

Photogravure with chine collé

Dimensions

height: 72.00 cm, width: 51.70 cm

Acquisition

acquired by Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London, at unknown date

Inscription

below image, bl: de László

Provenance

Probably acquired by or for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, c.1990s

GAC number

18374