Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer).- [Mellish (Florence Vivienn...

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£2,100

Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer).- [Mellish (Florence Vivienne, photographer)] "Vivienne". A photographic portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, signed by Churchill on the mount 'Winston S Churchill’, and signed ‘Vivienne, London’. Churchill is full face and seated, with jacket and bow tie, photographers stamp verso ‘Vivienne, 20th Studios Ltd’. Frame: 29 x 21.5 cm, Photograph: 17. x 13.2 cm. Sold together with original copies of The Order of Service for the Funeral and the Ceremonial of The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill K.G., O.M., C.H 30th January 1965, a Times colour supplement Churchill: Farewell to greatness; and a booklet for the Unveiling by the Right Honourable The Lord Mayor Sir Harold Walter Seymour Howard K.T. of the statue of the Right Honourable Winston Spencer Churchill.

Note: This image was one of Churchill's favourite portraits, and it was used for his 1950 political election campaign. The photograph was taken by Churchill's daughter Sarah's mother-in-law, 'Vivienne', who was known as the "Grand Old Lady of the Camera", due to her insistence that all subjects come to her studio rather than she to them. Churchill, however, was the exception and during their ten minute session, Vivienne produced nine studies of which this is one. 

Provenance: Estate of the late William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby (1927-2023), he was the son of Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby (1894-1967) and the grandson of David Lloyd George, 1st Earl of Dwyfor (1863-1945) the British Prime Minister from 1916 to 1922 during WWI.