WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL (1874-1965)

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WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL (1874-1965)
JOHN COSMO CLARK, R.A. (1897-1967)
Vigil by the Marines -- The Lying in State of Sir Winston Churchill, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right: "Cosmo Clark, 1965," signed and dated again with inscription on a label attached to the frame: "Cosmo Clark, C.B.E., R.A. 16 St. Peter's Square, W.6. Vigil by the Marines, 29th January 1965," 25 x 30¼in.

拍品专文

John Cosmo Clark was a personal friend of Churchill and as such was allowed by the family to execute this unique painting of Churchill lying in state at Westminster Hall. As press photographers were not allowed into the building, no other visual record of this occasion is believed to exist.