SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL (1874-1965)
Provenance
The Studio, ChartwellMiss Arabella Churchill
Sale: Sotheby’s London, May 19, 1982, lot 142
Private Collection
Sale: Sotheby’s London, July 11, 2013, lot 28
Private Collection, acquired from the above
Literature
D. Coombs and M. Churchill, Sir Winston Churchill: His Life and His Paintings, Lyme Regis, 2011, p. 87, no. C 19, fig. 155My dear Winston,
You have often admired the picture of John Lewis Brown of the two horsemen that hung at Trent, so I am sending it to you with my best wishes in the hope that you find a corner for it at Chartwell. I am also sending th little Sargent picture wh you asked for. He painted it when he was 18!”
One is struck by Sassoon’s generosity, and can see in later works how his close study of Sargent influenced Churchill.