Sir Gerald Kelly PRA, Portrait of Ralph Vaughan Williams, O.M., ca. 1961.
Oil on canvas. 993 mm x 882 mm x 29 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: Prudence Cuming Associates Limited.
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Portrait of Ralph Vaughan Williams, O.M., ca. 1961
Sir Gerald Kelly PRA (1879 - 1972)
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993 mm x 882 mm x 29 mm
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