Dame Laura Knight RA, Study of Sonja Henie, ca. 1950.
Ink over pencil on card. 135 mm x 181 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Dame Laura Knight RA (1877 - 1970)
RA Collection: Art
The Artist's Estate
135 mm x 181 mm
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