A rare oil portrait of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi has been sold at auction in London for £152,800 ($204,648).

A rare oil portrait of Mahatma Gandhi has sold for £152,800 at an auction in London. The painting was created in 1931 by ...

The 1931 painting by British-American artist Clare Leighton fetched more than twice the estimated price when the auction ...

A portrait of Mahatma Gandhi by Clare Leighton, widely believed to be the only oil portrait he personally sat for, has sold ...

The portrait artist, Clare Leighton, was introduced to Gandhi when he visited London in 1931 to attend the Second Round Table ...

The Gandhi portrait was created in London — at a crucial time for India's independence struggle — and remained in artist Clare Leighton's collection until her death in 1989.

A painting of Mahatma Gandhi, believed to be the only oil portrait he ever sat for, sold for $205,000 at Bonhams on Tuesday.

The 1931 painting by British-American artist Clare Leighton sold for over double its estimate at a London auction ...

The painting, by renowned British artist Clare Leighton, was created in 1931, during Gandhi’s visit to London for the Second ...

A rare oil painting of Mahatma Gandhi by British artist Clare Leighton fetched £152,800 (Rs 1.7 crore) at a Bonhams online ...

A rare oil portrait of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi - painted in 1931 in the UK - will be auctioned in London next month. Gandhi led a non-violent resistance movement against British rule ...