Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Benno Elkan (1877 - 1960)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1949 (signed and dated)
Materials
Bronze
Measurements
595 x 495 x 380 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515125
Summary
Bronze, Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), Benno Elkan (1877-1960), 1949, inscribed on edge of truncation at proper left shoulder 'II 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 Portland stone base cut as an isosceles trapezium.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
On edge of truncation at proper left shoulder: II BENNO ELKAN/1949
Makers and roles
Benno Elkan (1877 - 1960), sculptor