Don..

Here it is on its own from an NT site..

http://www.ntprints.com/image/384538/blenheim-palace-english-school-18th-century-at-chartwell

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David Riddle
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> On 22 Oct 2014, at 19:59, DONALD JAKEWAY <djake...@satx.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> Is this the painting?
> 
> <0a371e239fcfca9b85bcc97dbad8d158.jpg>
> 
> 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
>>> 
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