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£1,200
Attributed to Dame Laura Knight RA, RWA, RE, PSWA, DBE (1877-1970), Doey, circus donkey, pencil and watercolour, signed and inscribed Doey, Bertram Mills Circus, 21 x 17cm, two watercolours of show ponies, a pencil sketch of a show pony, all signed and inscribed Bertram Mills Circus, two pencil sketches and a watercolour, all signed (6).
Knights interest in the circus began after World War I, circa 1920, with the Swallow Circus in Islington, where Walter Sickert is also known to have visited and drawn inspiration. In 1927 she met Bertram Mills and travelled with the circus between 1927-1929.
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