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Potato prints, paintings and the Soviet Union: the real Miss Jean Brodie

Peggy Angus: Designer, Teacher, Painter, by James Russell. Angus’s playful, naïve designs were rich and strange, as were her politics

Portrait of John Piper by Peggy Angus [National Portrait Gallery, London] 
issue 02 August 2014
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  • Peggy Angus: Designer, Teacher, Painter

    James Russell

    Antique Collectors Club, pp. 176

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