Early circa 1915 matte-finish 6.25 x 8.25 portrait of Churchill smiling in a fine head-and-shoulders pose by A. H. Poole of Waterford, signed across the bottom in ink, "Winston S. Churchill." Also bears the pencil signature of the Poole studio. Flush-mounted on bevelled board with studio’s printed note to verso (‘... this photograph is delicately finished by hand...’), and loosely enclosed in Poole’s original printed wrappers. In fine condition. Accompanied by a brief provenance note, indicating that this photograph was signed for Edith Nancy Bennett who drove Churchill, (and Sir Arthur Duckham), during the First World War. A very rare, early portrait of Churchill; we have been unable to locate another example, either signed or unsigned. The National Library of Ireland holds Poole's archive, including the negative of this photograph which they, or Poole's archive, date to February 1915.
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