at several levels to the british experience both positive and less positive and should remain in the uk to be viewed studied and enjoyedbarber added de laszlo could well have seen parallels between the position of these outsiders loyally serving their imperial master and his own as a humblyborn hungarian jew who had reinvented himself as a patriotic member of british high societylike the indians serving in the british forces he too faced discrimination in face of growing public xenophobia within months of creating this portrait he was to be interned for over a year as a suspected foreign agent and to suffer a nervous breakdown after having been sadistically refused permission to paintthe decision on the export licence application for the painting will be deferred for a threemonth period ending on july 13 2023 the department for culture media and sport dcms saidat the end of the first deferral period the owners will have a consideration period of 15 business days to consider any offer to purchase the painting at the recommended price of gbp 650000 plus vat of gbp 130000 which can be reclaimed by an eligible institutionthe second deferral period will commence following the signing of an option agreement and will last for another three months