‘Elizabeth bloomed like a flower in the field’

A portrait of Princess Elizabeth by Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) completed just a few years before she became Queen is to go under the hammer at Bloomsbury Auctions in London on September 12.

Purchased from the artist in 1969 by the current owner's father, the 15 x 11in (38 x 28cm) charcoal …

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