内容摘要：If the target was not met, the sculpture by the Wakefield-born artist would go to a private buyer and be taken overseas.

If the target was not met, the sculpture by the Wakefield-born artist would go to a private buyer and be taken overseas.

It will be auctioned in the second week of July at Bonhams."This is a painting of unique historic and cultural significance. It would be great if it could be seen and appreciated more widely, whether in India or elsewhere," Caspar Leighton, a great nephew of the artist, told the BBC.

According to Bonhams, Clare Leighton "was one of the very few artists admitted to his office and was given the opportunity to sit with on multiple occasions to sketch and paint his likeness".The works remained in the artist's collection until her death in 1989 in the US, after which it was passed down through her family.She was introduced to Gandhi through her partner and British political journalist, Henry Noel Brailsford, who was a strong supporter of India's independence movement.

In November 1931, Leighton showcased her portraits of Gandhi at an exhibition at the Albany Galleries in London.Though Gandhi did not attend the opening event, several representatives from the Indian delegation of the second Round Table were present.

Among them was Sarojini Naidu, also an eminent Indian independence leader, who was one of the key advisors to Gandhi at the meeting.

The exhibition included a charcoal sketch of Gandhi, asleep in his office, along with the oil portrait that is now set to be auctioned.While she believes a "Zelensky-style" Oval Office is unlikely, Stelzenmüller said a "worst case scenario" would be something more akin to the visit of Irish Prime Minister Micheál to the White House - an occasion promptly followed by a visit from his political foe, former UFC fighter Conor McGregor.

Subsequent contact with the AfD or Alice Weidel, she added, would be seen as a provocation by Germany."That would be DEFCON 1 for the bilateral," she said.

A collection of paintings by renowned artist Barrington Tabb are going under the hammer.Tabb, from South Gloucestershire and who past away in 2022, had a distinctive style due to an eye condition that causing blurring of his central vision.