Dame Laura Knight, R.A., R.W.S. 1877-1970

A similar oil entitled Ice Skating was offered in these rooms on 2 June 2004, lot 39, appears to be the picture exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1949 as The Frozen Pond. Both pictures depict winter scenes of children playing in the snow and it is likely that they are contemporary. According to the catalogue of the Royal Academy exhibition of paintings and drawings held at the Royal Academy in 1965, The Frozen Pond was painted c. 1946.