Anonymous. Winston Churchill in Blenheim Palace, 1916, Churchill and the Great Republic (A Library of Congress Interactive Exhibition, Text Version)

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Image: Anonymous. Winston Churchill in Blenheim Palace, 1916

Anonymous. Winston Churchill in Blenheim Palace, 1916
Divested of power and responsibility after the Dardanelles fiasco, Churchill sought outlets for his enormous store of creative energy. This sketch, by "Artist Unknown"—who may have been Churchill himself—depicts the ex-Minister painting the interior of his birthplace and family home, Blenheim Palace.

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Pencil Drawing. Marlborough Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (72)

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