Sir Winston Churchill, KG, DL, OM, CH, PC, MP (1874-1965)
Benno Elkan (1877 - 1960)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1949
Materials
Bronze
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Chartwell, Kent
NT 1100508
Summary
Bronze, Sir Winston Churchill, KG, DL, OM, CH, PC, MP (1874-1965) by Benno Elkan (Dortmund 1877 - London 1960), 1949, inscribed on edge of truncation at proper left shoulder 'BENNO ELKAN/ 1949'. A bronze portrait bust of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1940-45 and 1951-55, by Benno Elkan. Mounted on a stone base cut as an isosceles trapezium.
Full description
Presented as a gift from Sir Simon Marks (of Marks and Spencer). Churchill Archive letters CHUR_2_384_Pages_6-10… (November/December 1949) = refers to exchanges between Simon Marks and Winston Churchill and Sir Simon offering this bust by Benno Elkan as a gift. There are other references to the bust being on display in the Dining Room of the Churchills' London residence.
Marks and inscriptions
Edge of truncation at proper left shoulder: BENNO ELKAN/ 1949
Makers and roles
Benno Elkan (1877 - 1960), sculptor