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Huntley and Palmers Sir Winston Churchill Commemorative Tin 1956
CollectingCollectables.com are selling this Huntley and Palmers Winston Churchill
commemorative tin which is rectangular in shape with a photographic portrait of Sir
Winston Churchill on the lid. Objects associated with Churchill, a palette, poodle,
cigar and so on, are around the light-
This photographic portrait made Yousuf Karsh's name. Armenian-
Churchill, the British Prime Minister, had just addressed the Canadian Parliament and Karsh was there to record one of the century's great leaders. "He was in no mood for portraiture and two minutes were all that he would allow me as he passed from the House of Commons chamber to an anteroom," said Karsh. Churchill marched into the room scowling, "regarding my camera as he might regard the German enemy."
His expression suited Karsh perfectly, but the cigar stuck between his teeth seemed incompatible with such a solemn and formal occasion.
"Instinctively, I removed the cigar. At this the Churchillian scowl deepened, the head was thrust forward belligerently, and the hand placed on the hip in an attitude of anger".
The image captured Churchill and the England of the time perfectly, defiant and unconquerable. Churchill later said to him, "You can even make a roaring lion stand still to be photographed".
The tin has a small indentation to the top right corner of the lid, minor scratches and the remnants of old clear tape around the lid opening (possibly the original seal).
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