Eamon De Valera
Artist
Sir John Lavery
(1856 - 1941)
Date1921
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions90 × 69.5 cm
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery.
Lady Lavery Memorial Bequest through Sir John Lavery, 1935.
Object number743
DescriptionThis three-quarter length portrait was painted during the first peace conference of July 1921 when de Valera, President of the Irish Republic, unsuccessfully attempted to broker peace with Lloyd George.(Catalogue Entry [17]: Hazel, Lady Lavery Society and Politics, Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, 18 September - 3 November 1996, p. 221)
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