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in 1940. She was awarded many scholarships, diplomas and medals, including a travelling scholarship to Paris and Italy (1937), Federation of
British Industry Award First Prize (1940), and a RCA gold medal for work of special distinction (1941). Her painting Troops In Ambleside (1941) is in the
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in her late 40s, but managed to carry on working to the highest standard until the very end of her life using the finest 000 brushes which she had to hold between her thumb and second finger. In 1979
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