The Hon. John Bowes-Lyon in the uniform of the 5th Black Watch sold Ghiglia spent most of the

Ghiglia spent most of the 1960s in California

’ from 1973 to 1981

Medium Details: Ink and 23ct Red gold leaf on 640gsm smooth watercolour paper

Tickertape parades are a distinctly American phenomena and I sense the slight distance this British artist seems to feel

The shy young teenager is his daughter

The Hon. John Bowes-Lyon in the uniform of the 5th Black Watch sold Ghiglia spent most of theThis is somewhat outside our usual sphere, but it appeals at several levels. It is of course a superb bit of watercolour, technically faultless and effortlessly stretching Mabels talents as a miniature painter to a more domestic scale. It is a good military portrait of an officer in the uniform kilt of the Black Watch. Mainly it is an interesting piece of British Royal memorabilia as a portrait of The Late Queens great uncle and her cousin who later