Churchill autograph dedication dated 1940
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CHURCHILL, WINSTON SPENCER (1874-1965), British statesman.
"Dedication", written and signed by Churchill, in red on the passepartout to a photograph of Churchill (with machine-gun), dated London Sept. 17 1940. Photograph size c. 170x220 mm., total size with frame c. 610x500 mm. Framed.
The dedication says: "Dear L... Thank you for your kind invitation. Sorry, I couldn´t come, will try another night if therewill be any. Winston Churchill".
Winston Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), British statesman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a non-academic historian, a writer (as Winston S. Churchill), and an artist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for his overall, lifetime body of work. In 1963, he was the first of only eight people to be made an honorary citizen of the United States. (Wikipedia).
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6390
Datum:
2016-12-20