Vintage matte-finish 5.75 x 7.75 portrait of Churchill with a hand in his pocket, affixed to its original studio mount, signed on the mount in black ink, "Winston S. Churchill, 1941," and bearing a pencil notation, "Copy By Harrods." The photo and mount are affixed to 10.25 x 15.5 display sheet. In fine condition. Accompanied by a transmittal letter from Churchill's personal secretary R. E. K. Hill, dated July 3, 1941, addressed Mrs. Stapleton, in full: "I am now returning to you the photograph of Mr. Churchill, which he was glad to autograph for your husband's ship, H.M.S. 'Amaranthus.'" Nicholas Stapleton commanded HMS Amaranthus from January to August 1941. Legendary American photographer Edward Steichen took this photo of Churchill in 1932 for Vanity Fair magazine, with the image later serving as the jacket image for While England Slept in 1938, the US edition of Churchill's Arms and the Covenant. Authorized copies of this print were produced for sale by Harrods after Churchill ascended to the Prime Ministership in 1940. A phenomenal signed portrait buttressed by its rich history and stalwart provenance.
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