Lot 347: * Princess Alice (Duchess of Gloucester,

* Princess Alice (Duchess of Gloucester, 1901-2004). "Lake Victoria and the Nandi Escarpment from Songhor", 1935, watercolour, of a landscape with sunrise, 26.5 x 34cm (10.5 x 13.25ins), mounted, framed and glazed, with pencil inscription on verso. The third daughter of the Duke of Buccleuch, Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott married Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of King George V, and younger brother of King George VI, in 1935. An avid skier and an accomplished watercolour painter, Princess Alice travelled widely. From 1945 to 1947, she lived in Australia, where her husband served as governor-general. She also lived in Kenya for a few months, and loved it for its wide, open spaces, and possibilities for freedom. She developed a talent for watercolours, concentrating on landscapes and animal pictures, the latter often portrayed with touching humour. She held an exhibition in London selling sixty-four pictures for 190 guineas. She was 102 when she died, the longest living member of the British royal family. (1)
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