λ NINA HAMNETT (BRITISH 1890-1956)PORTRAIT OF ALAN PRYCE-JONESRed chalk Signed (lower right)33 x 27cm (12 x 10½ in.)Lieutenant Colonel Alan Payan Pryce-Jones (1908-2000) was a notable journalist and book critic. His political career developed after he joined the Liberal Party in 1937 and went on to become vice-president of the St. Marylebone Liberal Association and Prospective Liberal Parliamentary Candidate for Louth in Lincolnshire. Pryce-Jones became editor of The Times Literary Supplement from 1948-1959 and trustee of the National Portrait Gallery 1950-1961.λ Indicates that this lot may be subject to Droit de Suite royalty charges. From 1st January 2012 all UK art market professionals are required to collect a royalty payment for all works of art that have been produced by qualifying artists each time a work is re-sold during the artist’s lifetime and for a period up to 70 years following the artists death. This payment is only calculated on qualifying works of art which are sold for a hammer price more than the UK sterling equivalent of EURO 1,000. Please see our Terms and Conditions for a full definition of these charges. For a complete list of the royalty charges and threshold levels, please see www.dacs.org.uk.