books0977: Portrait of Helen Beatrice Myfanwy Hughes, head and…

books0977:

Portrait of Helen Beatrice Myfanwy Hughes, head and shoulders, three-quarter profile to the right, wearing a dark blue chiffon stole around her bare shoulders, her left hand raised (!931). Philip Alexius de László (Hungarian, 1869-1937). Oil on canvasboard. 

On the reverse there is an inscription in John de Laszlo’s hand ‘Helen Hughes, aged 17, daughter of / Rt Hon. William Hughes, late Prime / Minister of Australia.’

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