The Teslian - Vol. I, No. 8 Page 2

she had chosen did not have a skylight in it and the much desired north exposure was missing. At the suggestion of Mr. Tesla, a cluster of powerful incandescents was put up in the corner of the apartment and the rays, filtered through blue glass, were just the right quality. The portrait was shown under the same illumination.

"Mr. Tesla, having solved the problem of the artificial sun, fell to thinking about other parts of the universe, and there he sat oblivious to his surroundings. The painter was able to produce a likeness in which there is no evidence that the subject was conscious that anybody was watching him, much less studying his features from the other side of an easel.

"Among those who attended the reception were Mrs. C. B. Alexander, Henry P. Davison, the Countess de Ritterburg, and Mrs. E. T. Isham."

Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy died in New York August 28, 1923. Her studio, with beautiful large rooms, damask silk decorated walls and finely carved woodwork throughout, was sold at auction with all paintings and objects of art following her death.

The Tesla portrait, 53x48 inches, was on the cover of TIME magazine July 20, 1931, and in the Electrical Experimenter for January, 1919. Its location is not now known.