Winston Churchill
(1874-1965), Prime MinisterSir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
20th Century Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 224 portraits
Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace, his family's estate. After serving in the army, he entered parliament in 1900 and was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty in 1911. Held responsible for the failure of the Dardanelles expedition, he resigned in 1915. He saw active service in World War I, before returning to ministerial office in 1917. As Chancellor of the Exchequer, he returned Britain to the gold standard, which led to the General Strike of 1926. He resigned in 1931, opposing his party's policy of self-government for India. He consistently opposed appeasement with Hitler, and challenged Chamberlain's leadership in 1940, succeeding him as Prime Minister to become Britain's greatest war-time leader.
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Explore the portrait of Sir Winston Churchill by Arnold Machin (NPG D48652) from all angles
by Elsbeth R. Juda
contact sheet, October 1954
NPG x87827
by Elsbeth R. Juda
bromide print, October 1954
NPG x87828
by Elsbeth R. Juda
bromide print, October 1954
NPG x87830
Kathleen Frances ('Katharine') Sutherland (née Barry); Graham Sutherland; Winston Churchill
by Elsbeth R. Juda
bromide print, October 1954
NPG x88059
Winston Churchill; Kathleen Frances ('Katharine') Sutherland (née Barry); Graham Sutherland
by Elsbeth R. Juda
bromide contact sheet, 17 October 1954
NPG x136052
Winston Churchill; Kathleen Frances ('Katharine') Sutherland (née Barry); Graham Sutherland
by Elsbeth R. Juda
bromide contact sheet, 17 October 1954
NPG x136053
by Elsbeth R. Juda
bromide contact sheet, 17 October 1954
NPG x136054
Winston Churchill; Kathleen Frances ('Katharine') Sutherland (née Barry); Graham Sutherland
by Elsbeth R. Juda
bromide contact sheet, 17 October 1954
NPG x136055
Winston Churchill giving his 80th birthday speech at Westminster Hall
by Jack Esten, for Reuters
bromide press print, 30 November 1954
NPG x199077
by Elsbeth R. Juda
bromide contact sheet, 17 October 1954
NPG x87826
by Elsbeth R. Juda
bromide contact sheet, 17 October 1954
NPG x125435
Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon; Winston Churchill
by International News Photos
vintage print, circa 1955
NPG x182303
Winston Churchill and his cabinet of 1955
by International News Photos
vintage print, 1955
NPG x182304
by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1951; Published in Tatler, 20 March 1957
NPG x45169
Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler; Winston Churchill
by Neil Libbert
bromide print, 2 May 1963
NPG x136287
Group including Frederick Edward Guest, Sir Richard Solomon, Jack Pease and Winston Churchill
by Thomas H.M. Colledge
platinum print
NPG x87223
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative
NPG x82073
Winston Churchill ('Men of the Day. No. 792.)
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 27 September 1900
NPG D45032
by Bernard Partridge
pen and ink, wash and black chalk, 1908
NPG D11150
Winston Churchill ('Men of the Day. No. 1269. "Winnie."')
by Frederick Drummond Niblett ('Nibs')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 8 March 1911
NPG D45599
All in Due Course (Winston Churchill; Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith)
by Bernard Partridge
pen and ink on artists' board, 1911
NPG D9939
Winston Churchill ('The Prodigal's Return')
by Bernard Partridge
pen and ink on artists' board, 1924
NPG D9682
by Alexander ('Alick') Penrose Forbes Ritchie
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1926
NPG D2664
by Bernard Partridge
ink and watercolour on artists' board, 1927
NPG D9605
by Tom Cottrell
chromolithographic cigarette card, 1929
NPG D2612
by Unknown artist, issued by Godfrey Phillips
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1932
NPG D2695
'The King at the Cup Final, Wembley'
by Unknown artist
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1935
NPG D47241
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
issued by Godfrey Phillips
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1935
NPG D49092
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
issued by Ardath Tobacco Company Limited
relief halftone cigarette card, 1937
NPG D49104
by Arnold Machin, for Wedgwood and Bentley
transfer relief moulded ceramic mug, 1941
NPG D48652
after Alfred Egerton Cooper
collotype, (1942)
NPG D33258
by Robert Sargent Austin, printed by The Baynard Press
chromolithograph, published 1943
NPG D33259
The Portrait (Winston Churchill)
after Victor Weisz
halftone offset lithograph, published 1954
NPG D33256
The Portrait (Winston Churchill)
after Victor Weisz
halftone offset lithograph, published 1954
NPG D18097
published by The Times Publishing Company Limited, after Sir Oswald Birley
colour offset lithograph, published 1965 (1946)
NPG D33257
by Unknown photographer, copied by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass copy negative, December 1899
NPG x32179
by Unknown photographer, copied by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass copy negative, 1899
NPG x32180
by Unknown photographer, for Camera Press: London: UK
bromide press print, 1899
NPG x194366
Related People
- Clarissa Eden (née Spencer-Churchill), Countess of Avon (niece)
- Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill (father)
- Arabella Churchill (granddaughter)
- Diana Churchill (Mrs Bailey, later Mrs Sandys) (daughter)
- Jeanette ('Jennie') Churchill (née Jerome), Lady Randolph Churchill (mother)
- John George Spencer Churchill (nephew)
- Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer Churchill (son)
- Sarah Churchill (daughter)
- Winston Spencer Churchill (grandson)
- Rosamond Jane Frances (née Spencer-Churchill), Lady de Ramsey (aunt)
- Georgiana Elizabeth (née Spencer-Churchill), Countess Howe (aunt)
- John Winston Spencer Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (grandfather)
- Frances Anne Emily Churchill (née Vane), Duchess of Marlborough (grandmother)
- George Charles Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough (uncle)
- Giles Samuel Bertram Romilly (nephew)
- Anne Emily (née Spencer-Churchill), Duchess of Roxburghe (aunt)
- Mary (née Spencer-Churchill), Baroness Soames (daughter)
- Emma Mary Soames (granddaughter)
- Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (née Hozier), Baroness Spencer-Churchill (wife)
- Fanny Octavia Louisa (née Spencer-Churchill), Lady Tweedmouth (aunt)
- Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson (née Spencer-Churchill) (aunt)
- Cornelia Henrietta Maria (née Spencer-Churchill), Lady Wimborne (aunt)
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