The Daily Telegraph recently had an interesting article on the destruction of the infamous Graham Sutherland portrait of Winston Churchill in which Sonia Purnell reveals the painting was burned by Grace Hamblin at the wish of Clementine Churchill. The article is available at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/winston-churchill/11730850/Secret-of-Winston-Churchills-unpopular-Sutherland-portrait-revealed.html I have an entry on the destruction of the painting on my Churchill blog along with a newsreel video from 1954 of the unveiling of the painting and Churchill’s remarks. The blog is at: https://winstonchurchillblog.wordpress.com/ Best, Brad *********************************** Bradley P. Tolppanen Author, Churchill in North America, 1929: A Three Month Tour of Canada and the United States https://churchillinnorthamerica.wordpress.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
