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 sold for over double its estimate at a London auction ...

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

The painting had never been up for auction before and is believed to be the only oil portrait for which Mahatma Gandhi sat.

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 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.

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

A rare 1931 oil portrait of Mahatma Gandhi by Clare Leighton sold for £152,800 at Bonhams’ Travel and Exploration Sale, ...

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 ...

Rare 1931 oil portrait of Mahatma Gandhi by Clare Leighton finally sold at Bonhams London auction, more than doubling its estimated value in market.

A rare oil painting of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, which is believed to have been damaged by a Hindu nationalist activist, is to be auctioned in London in July.