Winston Churchill

Sitterback to top

• Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), Prime Minister. Sitter in 147 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Walter Stoneman (1876-1958), Photographer. Artist associated with 14554 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.

This portraitback to top

When Walter Stoneman photographed Winston Churchill he was the eighth Prime Minister he had photographed for the National Photographic Record (see article published in Illustrated, 19 April 1941). Another copy of this print was reputedly kept on Stalin's desk in the Kremlin. Sensing the historical significance of the sitting Stoneman recorded not just the date but the hour it was taken.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Rogers, Malcolm, Camera Portraits, 1989 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 20 October 1989 - 21 January 1990), p. 239

Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top

• Commissioning Photographs 1917-1970 (23 January 2006 - 4 June 2006)

Subject/Themeback to top

• Chairs