Is this the painting?
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 22, 2014, at 1:54 PM, DONALD JAKEWAY <djake...@satx.rr.com> wrote: > > David: > > Here is a copy of the mirror over the fireplace. > > Is the picture you are looking at in front of Sir Winston in this photograph? > > <_69411068_017375027-1.jpg> > > Thanks. > > Don > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 22, 2014, at 12:17 PM, David Riddle <dpreey...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> A couple of months ago I introduced myself to this Group as a current >> Volunteer working at Chartwell, and a member of a group there researching >> stories about the House, Estate, Objects therein, etc.. >> >> One item that we have drawn an almost complete blank on is the large >> painting of Blenheim Palace that hangs above the fireplace in WSC's Study. >> >> We have photographs of the Study that indicate this painting was not always >> present in this location, but that there was a vey large mirror there >> instead. >> >> One recent suggestion is that the painting was loaned to Sir Winston by Jack >> Churchill, his brother, just before WWII, but that Jack died in 1947 and the >> painting was never returned to his family. >> >> There is also no recored information about the artist in the present Room >> Guide for Volunteers other than that it is said to be probably 'English >> School'. >> >> Does anyone in this Group happen to have any information to add to this >> story? >> >> Many thanks in advance. >> >> David Riddle >> Biggin Hill, Westerham, UK >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "ChurchillChat" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
