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This preparatory sketch gives an idea of how the portrait may have looked. The final portrait was never completed due to the abdication crisis.
Museum of the Order of St John
London
Title
Edward VIII (1894–1972)
Date
c.1938
Medium
oil on board
Measurements
H 40 x W 27 cm
Accession number
LDOSJ1856
Acquisition method
purchased
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
E. C. Dingli
Museum of the Order of St John
St John’s Gate, St John’s Lane, Clerkenwell, London, Greater London EC1M 4DA England
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