RCIN 73131

A Celebration of Platinum

Works of art in the Royal Collection that use the precious metal

VANDYK (ACTIVE 1881-1943)

Princess Mary (1897-1965), later Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood

1920

RCIN 2806831

Half-length portrait of Princess Mary, almost in profile to the left, wearing her nurse’s uniform. Signed and dated. After a nursing course at Great Ormond Street Hospital, which she began in June 1918, the Princess worked at the hospital two days a week until 1920.

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