Vintage matte-finish 4.25 x 5.5 portrait of Winston Churchill by Vivienne of London, affixed to its original 4.75 x 7 studio mount, boldly signed on the mount in fountain pen, "Winston S. Churchill." Reverse bears a "Vivienne 20th Century Studios Ltd." copyright stamp. In very good to fine condition, with scattered staining to the trimmed mount.
Vivienne (1889–1982) was a leading society portrait photographer who began as an assistant to her husband Ernest and their son, Antony. In 1949, Antony, by then making a career photographing actors in Hollywood, married Churchill’s daughter Sarah, an actress. Both families became friends and Vivienne made many portraits of Churchill. This is one of her most enduring images.
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