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Lot Essay
We are grateful to Katherine Field for writing this and the subsequent de László catalogue entries in this sale, which will be included in the Philip de László catalogue raisonné, currently presented in progress online: www.delaszlocatalogueraisonne.com
The Hon. Mrs de Laszlo and a team of editors are compiling the catalogue raisonné of the artist's entire oeuvre. Katherine Field is the Assistant Editor. Please see www.delaszloarchivetrust.com or contact catalogue@delaszlo.com for more information
This picture is the preparatory sketch for the formal portrait of the sitter and remained in the artist's studio at the time of his death. De László also painted the sitter's parents in 1929 and the formal portrait of the sitter's father hangs in The Head Office of The Bank of Scotland, on The Mound, in Edinburgh.
The Hon. Andrew Elphinstone was born 11 November 1918, the younger son of Sidney Herbert, 16th Baron Elphinstone (1869-1955) and his wife, Lady Mary Bowes-Lyon (1883-1961). He was educated at St. Peter's Court, Broadstairs, Eton, New College Oxford and Wycliffe Hall Theological College, from 1948 until 1950. He served with The Cameron Highlanders in the Second World War and as Aide de Camp to the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, from 1941 to 1943. He had a passion for shooting and the countryside, and was a keen gardener. A proud Scot, he was happiest in Scotland. In 1946 he married Jean Hambro, daughter of Angus Hambro, M.P. of Milton Abbey in Dorset and his wife Vanda Charlton. There were two children of the marriage: Rosemary (born 1947) and James (born 1953).
Andrew Elphinstone was an accomplished pianist and organist, and a good linguist: he learnt Gaelic and, when in India, Urdu. In 1950 he was ordained into the Church of England, working in Wimborne Minster and later as Rector in Worplesdon, Surrey. A much loved parish priest, he retired in 1964 due to ill health. He died on 19 March 1975 at Maryland, Worplesdon. His book, Freedom, Suffering and Love, was published posthumously.
The Hon. Mrs de Laszlo and a team of editors are compiling the catalogue raisonné of the artist's entire oeuvre. Katherine Field is the Assistant Editor. Please see www.delaszloarchivetrust.com or contact catalogue@delaszlo.com for more information
This picture is the preparatory sketch for the formal portrait of the sitter and remained in the artist's studio at the time of his death. De László also painted the sitter's parents in 1929 and the formal portrait of the sitter's father hangs in The Head Office of The Bank of Scotland, on The Mound, in Edinburgh.
The Hon. Andrew Elphinstone was born 11 November 1918, the younger son of Sidney Herbert, 16th Baron Elphinstone (1869-1955) and his wife, Lady Mary Bowes-Lyon (1883-1961). He was educated at St. Peter's Court, Broadstairs, Eton, New College Oxford and Wycliffe Hall Theological College, from 1948 until 1950. He served with The Cameron Highlanders in the Second World War and as Aide de Camp to the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, from 1941 to 1943. He had a passion for shooting and the countryside, and was a keen gardener. A proud Scot, he was happiest in Scotland. In 1946 he married Jean Hambro, daughter of Angus Hambro, M.P. of Milton Abbey in Dorset and his wife Vanda Charlton. There were two children of the marriage: Rosemary (born 1947) and James (born 1953).
Andrew Elphinstone was an accomplished pianist and organist, and a good linguist: he learnt Gaelic and, when in India, Urdu. In 1950 he was ordained into the Church of England, working in Wimborne Minster and later as Rector in Worplesdon, Surrey. A much loved parish priest, he retired in 1964 due to ill health. He died on 19 March 1975 at Maryland, Worplesdon. His book, Freedom, Suffering and Love, was published posthumously.