Dame Laura Knight RA, Ella Naper in the Apple Orchard at Trewoofe, c.1916.
Pencil on wove paper. 285 mm x 198 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Dame Laura Knight RA (1877 - 1970)
RA Collection: Art
© Estate of Laura Knight
285 mm x 198 mm
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