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

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

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

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

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 fetched more than twice the estimated price when the auction ...

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 ...

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.