JOHN SPENCER-CHURCHILL (1909-1992) 'City Canal'
possibly Amsterdam, signed and dated 1938 lower right, oil on canvas, 206cm x 172cm (unframed on stretcher)
Provenance: from The Old Came Rectory
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£1,000 - £2,000
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Hammer price:
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£1,800 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
John George Spencer-Churchill was an English painter, sculptor, and stockbroker who was the nephew of Sir Winston Churchill.
Spencer-Churchill was the son of John Strange Spencer-Churchill (1880–1947) and Lady Gwendoline Theresa Mary Bertie (1885–1941). His sister Clarissa married Anthony Eden in 1952, becoming Lady Eden in 1954 when he was made a Knight of the Garter, wife of the Prime Minister when Winston Churchill retired in 1955, and later the Countess of Avon in 1961 on his elevation to the peerage.
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