Blenheim Palace: 1958. "Scarce" and even "rare" often append to items in our inventory, but seldom are we able to accurately apply the words "singular" and "unique". This item provides such an occasion. This is an original drawing of Sir Winston S. Churchill, made in 1958 by the head chef..... More
New York City: Life Magazine, 1949. Publisher's exhibition. This massive and visually arresting archive of 24 large exhibition posters was issued in 1949 by the editors of LIFE magazine as a promotion for the serialization of Winston S. Churchill’s Their Finest Hour, volume two of his six-volume memoir of The..... More
Admiralty House, London: 1912. This handsomely framed item features a typed, hand-emended, and signed 15 August 1912 letter from then-First Lord of the Admiralty Winston S. Churchill on his Admiralty stationery to his newly-appointed Naval Advisor to the Turkish Navy, British Rear-Admiral Arthur Limpus. The letter encapsulates Churchill’s expectations and ambitions regarding..... More
London: Ministry of Aircraft Production, 1941. This striking Second World War artifact is a collection of six original British Ministry of Aircraft Production posters. This collection evokes the vital role of aircraft production in ensuring Britain’s survival during the early years of Winston Churchill’s wartime premiership. These six posters are clearly..... More
London: Fosh & Cross Ltd., 1941. Poster. This original 1941 British wartime propaganda poster features the stirring peroration of Winston Churchill’s speech of 27 January 1940, delivered three and half months before he became prime minister. This speech was broadcast “not only throughout Britain, but also in Canada.” (Gilbert, Vol..... More
London: National Savings Committee, circa 1940. This is an original wartime British propaganda poster featuring a message from the Prime Minister exhorting both wartime thrift and the purchase of war bonds. This 20 x 15 inch poster (50.8 x 38.1 cm) features a striking orange background, on the upper portion..... More
Washington, D.C. The National Industrial Information Committee, circa 1942. This original Second World War American propaganda poster features the image and words of British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill. In large white print, angled above an image of the gesticulating and bespectacled Prime Minister, is the title “till Death or..... More
London: Issued by The National Savings Committee, Crown Copyright Reserved, and printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office by Chromoworks, Ltd., 1944. This is a striking original Second World War propaganda poster in support of the 1944 “Salute the Soldier” fundraising campaign. The poster, arrestingly printed in red, black, and blue..... More
Washington, DC: Office of War Information, 1943. This 1943 wartime broadside featuring the text of the Atlantic Charter was designed by W. A. Dwiggins, printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, and issued by the U.S. Office of War Information. The 28 x 20 inches (71.1 x 50.8 cm) broadside..... More
London: Commissioned from Abbeydale China by Thomas Good & Co., 1964. Limited Edition. This elusive and striking piece of Churchilliana is an elaborate, limited edition, two-piece, covered vase produced in 1964 to commemorate Winston Churchill receiving Honorary Citizenship of the United States. "Honorary Citizenship of the United States of..... More
Circa 1919. This large, compelling, circa First World War original sketch features three founding figures from the earliest days of British military aviation. Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, is featured in his aviation kit, accompanied by Hugh Trenchard and E. L. Gerrard, as well as two unidentified..... More
London: 1941. This pair of bookends, made of stone from the bomb-damaged House of Commons in 1941, features medallion portraits of British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt cast in lead from the House of Commons roof. Two features of this set are..... More
69 Cleveland Road, South Woodford: Published by Col. W. H. Barlow-Wheeler, printed by Tulip Press Ltd., 1959. This is an original campaign poster for Winston S. Churchill from his Woodford constituency during the October 1959 British General Election. This was last British election Churchill contested, which saw him reelected a...... More
69 Cleveland Road, South Woodford: Published by Col. W. H. Barlow-Wheeler, printed by Tulip Press Ltd., 1959. This is an original campaign poster for Winston S. Churchill from his Woodford constituency during the October 1959 British General Election. This was last British election Churchill contested, which saw him reelected a...... More
69 Cleveland Road, South Woodford: Published by Col. W. H. Barlow-Wheeler, printed by Tulip Press Ltd., 1959. This is an original campaign poster for Winston S. Churchill from his Woodford constituency during the October 1959 British General Election. This was last British election Churchill contested, which saw him reelected a...... More
England: Copeland/Spode, 1965. This handsome piece of Churchilliana is a quite scarce variation on a jug originally produced by Copeland/Spode early during the Second World War, in 1941, and reissued in this unique shape in 1965 as a commemoration following Churchill’s death. This example – one of only..... More
England: Copeland/Spode, 1965. This handsome piece of Churchilliana is a quite scarce variation on a jug originally produced by Copeland/Spode early during the Second World War, in 1941, and reissued in this unique shape in 1965 as a commemoration following Churchill’s death. This example – one of only..... More
London: Red Cross & St. John Fund, circa 1941. This original poster from early during the Second World War testifies to both the British wartime alliance with Russia and the important role played by Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s wife, Clementine, in rallying material and moral public support for that wartime..... More
69 Cleveland Road, South Woodford: Published by Col. W. H. Barlow-Wheeler, printed by Tulip Press Ltd., 1959. This is an original campaign poster for Winston S. Churchill from his Woodford constituency during the October 1959 British General Election. This was last British election Churchill contested, which saw him reelected a...... More
London: 1941. This pair of bookends, made of stone from the bomb-damaged House of Commons in 1941, features medallion portraits of Big Ben cast in lead from the House of Commons roof. Such sets are known to us featuring twin medallions of Churchill, one medallion each of Churchill..... More
Washington, DC: Works Projects Administration (W.P.A.), circa 1942. This vividly hued original Second World War poster features U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill. It was produced by FDR’s Works Projects Administration. Measuring 16 x 20.5 inches (40.6 x 52.1 cm) and printed on heavy..... More
Washington, DC: Office of War Information, 1943. This 1943 wartime broadside features the text of the Atlantic Charter, designed by W. A. Dwiggins, printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, and issued by the U.S. Office of War Information. The 28 x 20 inches (71.1 x 50.8 cm) broadside is..... More
England: circa 1941. This homespun unsigned and undated item is an endearingly unique Second World War memento of the personal impact of the oratory of Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill on the British people. This is a wartime cross-stitch sampler, elaborately reproducing and decorating words from an early wartime speech..... More
England: Copeland/Spode, 1941. This is a handsome piece of Churchilliana, an illustrated jug produced by Copeland/Spode in 1941. It was produced under wartime restrictions. One side of the pitcher features a cameo of Churchill with a warship to his left, a tank to his right, and a fighter aircraft above..... More
England: Copeland/Spode, 1941. This is a handsome piece of Churchilliana, an illustrated jug produced by Copeland/Spode in 1941. It was produced under wartime restrictions. One side of the pitcher features a cameo of Churchill with a warship to his left, a tank to his right, and a fighter aircraft above..... More