The Princess Royal
Air. Jriuioii Elwes has very definitely advanced his reputation as a painter by his portrait of tho Princess Royal, says a writer in an exchange. Dressed in riding habit, her uncovered hair becomingly arranged, she looks out from the canvas with wide, bright eyes and a face .that is full of character and purpose. Artists are not, as a rule, too successful in catching the most characteristic expression of Royal sitters, but Air. Elwes has secured the Princess at her best. Pcoplo are quick to notice how like the daughters of the, Duke and. Duchess of "York is their aunt; those likenesses - aro curiously persistent throughout the generations, even the centuries, and tii introduction of other blood, does little to change or modify them,
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Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 212, 5 September 1934, Page 2
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127The Princess Royal Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 212, 5 September 1934, Page 2
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