FDA-P.209-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.209-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Mrs Andorsen
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length painted portrait of a woman, wearing a yellow dress and blue stole, earrings and a long necklace
Comments
Laura Andorsen was born Laura Marie Lewis, in Newport, South Wales. Her second marriage was to Harald Andorsen, a Norwegian shipbroker based in London. The couple had one son, Harold (born 1885), who attended Eton College from 1898 to 1903.
Mrs Andorsen began to make enquiries to the fashionable portrait artist Philip de László about having her portrait painted in July 1924. However, it was four years before the sittings took place. Her son, who became a successful barrister, later bequeathed the painting to his old school, along with other items, including a marble Buddha, books and an ebony and ivory cabinet.
Mrs Andorsen began to make enquiries to the fashionable portrait artist Philip de László about having her portrait painted in July 1924. However, it was four years before the sittings took place. Her son, who became a successful barrister, later bequeathed the painting to his old school, along with other items, including a marble Buddha, books and an ebony and ivory cabinet.
Description
Content (person)
Andorsen , Laura Marie, 1853 - 1941 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 852mm
width (sight size): 610mm
height (frame): 1060mm
width (frame): 815mm
width (sight size): 610mm
height (frame): 1060mm
width (frame): 815mm
Inscription
Signed and dated bottom right-hand corner
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gilt frame with glass glazing
Production
Person
Date
1928
History and association
Associated person
Andorsen , Laura Marie, 1853 - 1941 (Sitter)
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned by the sitter; by descent to her son, Harold Frederic Andorsen, OE (born 1885); by whom bequeathed to Eton College
Exhibited: 'New Faces: Unexhibited Portraits from Eton's Boarding Houses', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 27 April to 23 September 2019
Exhibited: 'New Faces: Unexhibited Portraits from Eton's Boarding Houses', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 27 April to 23 September 2019
