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Absolutely overwhelmed by so many messages of #kindness and #support today as I am (temporarily) furloughed from the job, property and organisation that I love.
For the duration of my furlough I will be pausing my #ChartwellObjectOfTheDay thread, but it will be back - I promise.
Today's #ChartwellObjectOfTheDay #No24 @ChartwellNT
is this sizeable #cigar #humidor.
Seen below with #SirDavidCannadine and I during the recording of @BBCRadio4's #PrimeMinistersProps - the interview with me can be heard here: https://t.co/QYumkCDlKp (5:50-7:45)
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Today's #ChartwellObjectOfTheDay #No23 @ChartwellNT is #Churchill's Arms Production Chart.
The chart was presented to #WinstonChurchill at the end of #WW1 as a memento of “the greatly increased production of guns during his administration as Minister of Munitions" (1/5)
Today's #ChartwellObjectOfTheDay #No22
@ChartwellNT is a presentation case containing two circular sections of "H.A.I.S. Cable for Operation PLUTO" (Pipe-Lines Under the Ocean) which were given to #Churchill in June 1945, after the end of the #SecondWorldWar. #WW2 #PLUTO (1/5)
Today's #ChartwellObjectOfTheDay #No21 @ChartwellNT is the painting 'Westward to Bladon' by Wilfred Morden.
It was commissioned by the Port of London Authority, to commemorate #Churchill's #StateFuneral, on 30 January 1965. (1/5)
Today's #ChartwellObjectOfTheDay #No20 @ChartwellNT is a painting of his favourite #racehorse, Colonist II, by Raoul Millais (1901–1999), painted in 1951. (1/5)
Today's #ChartwellObjectOfTheDay #No19 @ChartwellNT is a flag flown at the #BattleOfOmdurman, which was the last #cavalry charge in British military history at which #Churchill himself fought. It was given to #Churchill years later by the widow of Mr. Ayrton of 21st Lancers.(1/5)
Today's #ChartwellObjectOfTheDay #No18 @ChartwellNT is his #green #velvet #SirenSuit.
"Soon after the beginning of the war Winston abandoned the dinner jacket in favour of a zip-up 'siren' suit.... (1/5)
Today's #ChartwellObjectOfTheDay #No17 @ChartwellNT
is a plaster bust, the only sculpture ever done by #Churchill. It is of the sculptor #OscarNemon and was undertaken when Churchill was given some clay during a sitting for his own sculpture. (1/5)
Today's #ChartwellObjectOfTheDay #No16
@ChartwellNT is this stunning portrait on ceramic of #Churchill's mother, Jennie Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill. It is based on the photograph below right. (1/5)
Today's #ChartwellObjectOfTheDay #No15
@ChartwellNT, on the anniversary of #Churchill being nominated as a #KnightOfTheGarter on (24 April 1953) is his #GarterBanner. (1/5)
Today's #ChartwellObjectOfTheDay #No14
@ChartwellNT, on #StGeorgesDay is this rather splendid Staffordshire St. George & dragon figure once owned by #Churchill. (1/5)
Today's #ChartwellObjectOfTheDay #No13
@ChartwellNT is a print of the painting 'Some Statesmen of the Great War' (1924-1930) by Sir James Guthrie (1859–1930), the original of which (all 12ft tall of it) hangs in @NPGLondon & features #Churchill prominently in the centre (1/5)
Today's #ChartwellObjectOfTheDay #No12
@ChartwellNT, on HM The Queen's 94th Birthday,
is this radiant photograph of her waving from the window of her carriage in 1952.
#HappyBirthdayYourMajesty
#GodSaveTheQueen
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Today's #ChartwellObjectOfTheDay #No11
@ChartwellNT is the 'Luxembourg Lion', given as part of the Luxembourg Freedom Award in July 1946.
It was among the first major post-war honours bestowed on #Churchill, but countless others soon followed. (1/5)
Today's #ChartwellObjectOfTheDay #No10 @ChartwellNT
is a wooden #paint #palette, used by #WinstonChurchill and a vital tool in his arsenal as a keen amateur artist.
"Happy are the painters, for they shall not be lonely."
- Winston Churchill
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Today's #ChartwellObjectOfTheDay #No9 @ChartwellNT is a print engraving of John Churchill, 1st Duke of #Marlborough. He was #Churchill's ancestor, hero and one of the great figures in British history, having been the architect of victory over the French at Blenheim in 1704. (1/5)
Today's #ChartwellObjectOfTheDay #No8 @ChartwellNT is a nod to our #FourLeggedFriends and #Churchill's own lifelong love of #animals. It is his pet dog's food bowl. Rufus can be seen here on the right with Mary Churchill in 1941 (©@ChuArchives - archive ref: CSCT 5/4/20) (1/5)
Today's #ChartwellObjectOfTheDay #No7 @ChartwellNT is my favourite portrait of #ClementineChurchill, #Churchill's devoted wife. Painted in 1916 by renowned portrait artist #JohnLavery, it perfectly captures the sadness and loss felt whilst #Winston was away in the trenches.(1/5)
Today's #ChartwellObjectOfTheDay #No6
@ChartwellNT is the 'Never in the field of human conflict' Embroidered Sampler. It was gifted to #Churchill from Mrs Whiting in 1951 but made years earlier at the height of #TheBlitz. Movingly, he kept it for the rest of his life. (1/5)
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