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Description Dwight V. Stork
Potrait of Lord Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979)
signed lower right: Dwight V. Stork
oil on canvas
48 x 38cm.
Condition Report Executed on thick canvas which is original. Work appears to be in very good overall condition. Some minor rubbing and abrasion to the framing edges. UV light inspection reveals no evidence of any retouching or restoration. Held in a decorative gold painted frame.
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Notes This portrait was painted during the second world war when Mountbatten was Supreme?Allied Commander South East?Asia. The artist was an American?soldier working alongside Mountbatten.