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
1920RCIN 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.