The Lavery Portrait
Winston Churchill (1874–1965) wearing a French Poilu’s Steel Helmet • Sir John Lavery (1856-1941) • 1916 • Oil on Canvas • 76 x 69 cm • NT 1102452 • Transferred by HM Treasury, 1984 • • Chartwell, Kent, UK
From the Editor
Winston Churchill would have been a Londoner born and bred if he had not been so impatient to enter onto the grand stage of life. Preparations were underway for the first child of Lord and Lady Randolph Churchill to be born at their house in London.
