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- The New York Observer
A Study of the Portrait Infamously Destroyed by Winston Churchill Heads to Auction
The Graham Sutherland portrait was so detested by the Prime Minister that his secretary had it destroyed by fire within a year of its creation. For his 80th birthday in 1954, British Prime Minister ...
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- Mentalfloss
Winston Churchill’s Most Hated Portraiture Is Headed to Auction
UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who led England through the worst of World War II, was so offended by a portrait painting that he nearly skipped its public unveiling in 1954. The painting ...
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