Abandoned Sheep Fold, Harecleugh Forest Still Lifes London Docks were the heart

London Docks were the heart of the capital pumping goods and people to and from the Empire and the view of that stretch of the river leading up to Tower Bridge would have been familiar to all Londoners

They bring a technical facility and finely honed draughtsmanship to their art that many conventional painters in the same genre lack

She appeared frequently in the fashion press

I imagined that it was a very stylised portrait but found an old black and white image of the young socialite at a ball in 1945 and it’s a pretty good likeness

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Abandoned Sheep Fold, Harecleugh Forest Still Lifes London Docks were the heartMedium details: Oil and pencil on paper and board