Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (née Hozier), Baroness Spencer-Churchill; Sarah Churchill

Sittersback to top

• Sarah Churchill (1914-1982), Actress and dancer; daughter of Sir Winston Churchill. Sitter in 17 portraits.
• Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (née Hozier), Baroness Spencer-Churchill (1885-1977), Society beauty and hostess; wife of Sir Winston Churchill; daughter of Sir Henry Montague Hozier. Sitter associated with 16 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Sir John Lavery (1856-1941), Painter. Artist associated with 16 portraits, Sitter in 14 portraits.

This portraitback to top

As a young woman, Clementine Hozier was known for her intelligence, beauty and charm. She married Winston Churchill in 1908 with whom she had five children. During the First World War she organized canteens for munitions workers and, during the second, visited air-raid shelters and reported to her husband, then Prime Minister, on the conditions Londoners were enduring. An enthusiastic traveller who learnt to ski in her fifties, she is seen in this charming study by Lavery with her daughter Sarah.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 580

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Children
• Double portraits
• Flowers and plants
• Hats and head-attire
• Lounging