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An Original Press Photograph Of Winston S. Churchill And His Wife, Clementine, Arriving At Ascot On 15 June 1950 Where Churchill’s Horse, Colonist II, Was Running In The Ascot Gold Cup -

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An Original Press Photograph Of Winston S. Churchill And His Wife, Clementine, Arriving At Ascot On 15 June 1950 Where Churchill�s Horse, Colonist II, Was Running In The Ascot Gold Cup -

An original press photograph of Winston S. Churchill and his wife, Clementine, arriving at Ascot on 15 June 1950 where Churchill’s horse, Colonist II, was running in the Ascot Gold Cup

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London: Fox Photos, 15 June 1950. Photograph. This original press photograph captures Winston S. Churchill and his wife, Clementine, arriving at Ascot on 15 June 1950 to watch Churchill’s horse, Colonist II, race in the Ascot Gold Cup. The image, measuring 10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm), is a gelatin silver print on matte photo paper. Condition is very good minus. The paper is crisp, clean, and free of scratches, its sole flaw being a .5 in square missing from the photo’s surface at the top edge. The verso bears the copyright stamp of “Fox Photos” and a typed caption reading “Mr and Mrs Winston Churchill whose car was involved (though not seriously) in an accident en route to the course, today attended the Ascot race meeting to watch Mr Churchill’s Colonist II run in the Gold Cup. PHOTO SHOWS: - In Ascot topper instead of the proverbial bowler WINSTON CHURCHILL arrives at the course to the cheers of the bystanders. Mrs. Churchill accompanies him.” The Fox Photos caption is dated “June 15th 1950”.

Owning racehorses was a later life manifestation of Churchill’s lifelong love of horses. At Sandhurst, training for the cavalry, Churchill graduated second in the arduous riding competition. At Omdurman he participated in “the last significant cavalry charge in British history”. He was a talented polo player who did not play his last game until age 52. And as soon as his finances allowed in the last decades of his life, Churchill kept a stable of racehorses and found some success as an owner and breeder. In 1949 the septuagenarian Churchill purchased Colonist II, a three-year-old French race horse. Colonist became something of a sensation, winning eight of his nine races in 1950, including one in which King George VI’s horse was running.

Churchill’s new hobby was not met with approval by all. Clementine wrote to a friend “I do think this is a queer new facet in Winston’s variegated life. Before he bought the horse (I can’t think why) he had hardly been on a racecourse in his life. I must say I don’t find it madly amusing.” (letter of 28 May 1951) When Colonist’s trainer suggested that Colonist be put up to stud Churchill allegedly retorted, “To stud? And have it said that the Prime Minister of Great Britain is living on the immoral earnings of a horse?” (quoted in Kay Halle, The Irrepressible Churchill, p. 241) Churchill continued to own horses throughout the remainder of his life, 38 in total, but none quite matched the success of his first. This press photo originated from Fox Photos Ltd. of London.

During the first half of the twentieth century, photojournalism grew as a practice, fundamentally changing the way the public interacted with current events. Newspapers assembled expansive archives of physical copies of all photographs published or deemed useful for potential future use, their versos typically marked with ink stamps and notes providing provenance and captions. Photo departments would often take brush, paint, pencil, and marker to the surface of photographs themselves to edit them before publication. Today these photographs exist as repositories of historical memory, technological artifacts, and often striking pieces of vernacular art.

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  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 15 June 1950

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London: P.A. Reuter Photos Ltd., April 1963. Photograph. This is an original press photograph of Sir Winston S. Churchill taken on 11 April 1963 capturing him waving while smoking a cigar as he leaves his Hyde Park Gate home for a holiday in Monte Carlo. This image measures 10 x 7.625 in (25.4 x 19.4 cm) on glossy photo paper. Condition is very good. The paper is crisp with only some light bruising to the corners and light scuffing visible only under raking light. The verso bears the copyright stamp of “P.A. Reuter Photos Ltd.”, a purple received stamp of The Daily Telegraph from April 1963, and a typed caption. The quite voluble original caption is titled “SIR WINSTON’S PARTING WAVE: EASTER IN MONTE CARLO” and reads: Wave from 88-year-old SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL as, clenching a cigar, he leaves his London home at 28, Hyde Park Gate, S.W., by car for London Airport to-day (Thursday). He was to fly off for a holiday in Monte Carlo, where he will spend Easter. It is Sir Winston’s first holiday… Read More
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London: Keystone Press Agency Ltd., September 1960. Photograph. This original press photo shows Sir Winston S. Churchill arriving in Nice for holiday on 29 September 1960, his frailty evident as he is helped in disembarking from the aircraft. This image measures 10 x 8.125 in (25.4 20.6 cm) on glossy photo paper. Condition is very good minus. The paper is crisp and clean with only some minor edge wear, creases to the lower left and upper right corners, and light scuffing visible only under raking light. The verso bears the copyright stamp of “Keystone Press Agency Ltd.” along with an additional stamp indicating that this is a foreign picture, a received stamp of The Daily Telegraph from September 1960, and a slightly wrinkled typed caption. The original caption is dated “30-9-60”, titled “SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL ARRIVES ON FRENCH RIVIERA” and reads “KEYSTONE PHOTO SHOWS: - SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL is helped from the aircraft – on arrival in NICE yesterday on way to his holiday as guest of… Read More
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London: Planet News Ltd., 13 July 1957. Photograph. This is an original press photograph of Sir Winston S. Churchill on 13 July 1957 at Sandown Park where his horse was to run. This press photo once belonged to The Daily Telegraph’s working archive. The image measures 10 x 8.125 in (25.4 x 20.6 cm) on glossy photo paper. Condition is very good minus. The paper is crisp and clean with some minor edge wear, a small loss to the lower right corner which is confined to the margin, and light overall scuffing visible only under raking light. The verso bears the copyright stamp of “Planet News Ltd.”, a received stamp of The Daily Telegraph from July 1957, and a typed caption. The original caption is titled “NO WIN FOR WINSTON.” And reads: “SANDOWN PARK: Elder Statesman SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL looks thoughtful as he watches his horse “Holiday Time” being saddled for the Star Stakes at Sandown Park today. It was unplaced. 13th July, 1957”. Owning racehorses was a later life manifestation of… Read More
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An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill meeting the children of his bodyguard on 25 February 1961

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Hyde Park Gate, London: P.A. Reuter Photos Ltd. , 25 February 1961. Photograph. This original press photo shows Sir Winston S. Churchill meeting the son and daughter of his bodyguard, Edmund Murray. This image measures 11.5 x 9.5 in (29.2 x 24.1 cm) on matte photo paper. Condition is good plus. The paper is crisp, clean, and free of scuffing with only minor edge wear, original crop marks, and finger prints in the right margin original to the photograph’s developing. The verso bears the copyright stamp “P.A. Reuter Photos Ltd.”, a received stamp of The Daily Telegraph from February 1961, and a typed caption. The original caption is titled “THE NIGHT WILLIAM AND EILEEN MET SIR WINSTON” and reads in full “A smile, a word and a handshake from SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL… It’s a moment to remember for WILLIAM MURRAY, 10 1/2, and his 12-year-old sister EILEEN as they are presented to Sir Winston by their father, Detective-Sergeant EDMUND MURRAY (hatless, left), outside Sir Winston’s London home at Hyde… Read More
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London: Keystone Press Agency Ltd., September 1961. Photograph. This original press photograph shows Sir Winston S. Churchill after arrival at London Airport on 4 September 1961, having returned home from a holiday at Monte Carlo. This image measures 10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm) on matte photo paper. Condition is very good. The image is clean, crisp, and free of scuffing with only some light wrinkling along the top edge. The verso bears the copyright stamp of “Keystone Press Agency Ltd.”, a purple received stamp of The Daily Telegraph from September 1961, and a typed caption. The original caption is dated “4-9-61”, is titled “SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL RETURNS HOME. ARRIVAL AT LONDON AIRPORT.” and reads “KEYSTONE PHOTO SHOWS:- SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL seen in his car – at London Airport this afternoon when he returned from his Riviera holiday… Sir Winston had a slight fall when he boarded the aircraft in Nice – but was not hurt.” A letter written by Churchill in his own hand to his wife during… Read More
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London: The Associated Press Ltd., 13 December 1957. Photograph. This is an original press photo of Winston S. Churchill with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan at 10 Downing Street on 13 December 1957. This press photo once belonged to The Daily Telegraph’s working archive. The image measures 11 x 8.75 in (27.9 x 22.2 cm) on matte photo paper. Condition is very good minus. The slightly irregularly trimmed paper is crisp and free of scuffing with original crop markings, minor edge wear, and some intermittent bruising. The verso bears the copyright stamp of “The Associated Press Ltd.”, a published stamp of The Daily Telegraph from 13 December 1957, remnants of a typed caption, handwritten printing notes, and a clipping of the caption as it appeared in print. The caption reads: “SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL saying farewell to Mr. Macmillan at the door of 10, Downing Street yesterday, after lunching there. The Prime Minister is leaving this evening for the N.A.T.O. meeting in Paris.” Macmillan had that… Read More
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London: The Associated Press Ltd., May 1959. Photograph. This original press photo shows Sir Winston S. Churchill arriving at National Airport on 4 May 1959 for the last of his 13 trips to Washington DC. This press photo once belonged to The Daily Telegraph’s working archive. The image measures 10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm) on matte photo paper. Condition is very good. The paper is clean, crisp, and free of scuffing. The lower right corner is slightly bumped, and a stain on the verso does not affect the image. The verso bears the copyright stamp of “The Associated Press Ltd.”, a received stamp of The Daily Telegraph from May 1959, and a typed caption. For obvious reasons, the original typed caption is titled “HAIR-RAISING” and reads “HIS HAIR FLYING IN THE BREEZE, SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL WALKS ACROSS THE TARMAC AT NATIONAL AIRPORT, WASHINGTON, MAY 4, AFTER ARRIVING FROM NEW YORK ABOARD PRESIDENT EISENHOWER’S PERSONAL PLANE. SIR WINSTON, IN WASHINGTON ON A THREE-DAY PERSONAL AND SOCIAL VISIT, WAS… Read More
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An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill and former French President René Coty on 5 April 1959 at La Pausa in the South of France

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London: Associated Press Photo, 6 April 1958. Photograph. This is an original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill with former French President René Coty on 5 April 1959 at La Pausa in the South of France. This image measures 8 x 10 in (20.3 x 25.4 cm) on matte photo paper. Condition is good. The paper is crisp and free of scuffing, though soiled overall. This image features original, hand-applied retouching the figures’ faces, clothes, and hair. The verso bears the copyright stamp of “Associated Press Photo.”, a published stamp of The Daily Telegraph from 6 April 1958 that has been hand amended to 1959, remnants of a typed caption, and a clipping of the caption as it appeared in print. This photograph captures Winston S. Churchill and René Coty enjoying cigars in the garden at La Pausa. La Pausa was a French Riviera villa owned by Churchill’s longtime literary agent and friend Emery Reves, originally built for Coco Chanel and acquired by Reves in 1953 with proceeds earned from foreign… Read More
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An original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill being carried out of Middlesex Hospital on 21 August, 1962, cigar in hand

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London: The Associated Press Ltd., August 1962. Photograph. Here we offer an original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill being carried out of Middlesex Hospital on 21 August 1962, cigar in hand, after his recovery from his broken hip. This image measures 11.125 x 9.5 in (28.9 x 24.1 cm) on glossy photo paper. Condition is very good. The image is clean with some edge wear, creased corners, and light scuffing visible only under raking light. The verso bears the copyright stamp of “The Associated Press Ltd.”, a purple received stamp of The Daily Telegraph from August 1962, and a typed caption. On the morning of 28 June 1962 while on holiday in Monte Carlo Winston Churchill slipped off the edge of his bed and broke his hip. At Monaco Hospital he was fitted with a plaster cast “enclosing his left leg, his stomach and his lower chest.” Churchill’s private secretary Montague Browne later recalled, “he sent everyone out of the room and said to me, ‘I want to die in England.’ I relayed this to… Read More
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