Antiques, Estate & Job Lot Auction – 12 November 2026

Antiques, Estate & Job Lot Auction – 12 November 2026

Catalogue

Lot 525: Silver Gelatin? Portrait of Sir Winston Churchill by Douglas Glass, 1954, 18 x 23"

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Start price: £10

Estimated price: £20 - £30

Buyer's Premium: 18%

A black and white portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, depicted in a three-quarter length seated pose at a desk. The subject is shown wearing a dark suit with a signature polka-dot bowtie, holding a cigar in his right hand. The print includes a lower border with printed text providing biographical and production details. The text identifies the image as A hitherto unpublished photograph, taken for THE SUNDAY TIMES by DOUGLAS GLASS. It further identifies the sitter as THE RIGHT HON. SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, K.G., O.M., C.H., M.P. and notes that The Prime Minister celebrated his eightieth birthday on Tuesday, November 30, 1954. The photograph is presented behind glass in a dark-stained wooden frame with a gold-tone inner slip and an off-white mount.
Height: 58 cm
Width: 46 cm.