Vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 4.25 portrait of Churchill in a bust-length pose, affixed to the original 4.5 x 6.75 mount, signed in ballpoint on the mount, "Winston S. Churchill." Reverse of mount bears a Vivienne of London studio stamp. In very good to fine condition, with semicircular stains to the corners, a stray ink mark to the lower border, and some silvering to the edges of the image. Accompanied by a handwritten letter of transmittal from Lady Diana de la Warr. The recipient of the photo and the letter, Pat Long, was a North Carolina teenager who, while confined to an iron lung for polio treatment during his senior year in high school (1950-51), received good wishes and autographed items from around the world.
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