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Portrait of Harold Laski
, 1944
40.5 x 32 cm (h x w)
Lithograph on paper
© The William Roberts Society, London
Harold Joseph Laski (1893–1950) was an English political theorist and economist, born in Manchester to Jewish, Eastern-european immigrant parents. He served as Chairman of the British Labour Party during 1945–1946, and was a professor at the London School of Economics from 1926 to 1950. Among his students was Jawaharlal Nehru, future Prime Minister of India.