Head lowered against a black background, and with a frown creasing his brow, this portrait of Winston Churchill captures the great man at his lowest ebb. It is a far cry from the iconic images of Britain's charismatic wartime leader in his trademark bowler hat, holding his fingers in a 'V' for Victory sign, or puffing on a fat cigar. But William Orpen's haunting portrait is the one Churchill himself treasured most, with the then 41-year-old describing it as 'the picture of a man's soul'. 'Haunted soul': The artist William Orpen captured Churchill in his political 'wilderness years' in the wake of the disastrous Gallipoli Campaign
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William Orpen's portrait of Winston Churchill at a 'moment of crisis' has gone on display at the National Portrait Gallery
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Upon seeing the painting, Churchill is said to have told the artist he had captured his soul
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At the time of sitting in 1916, Churchill was haunted by the catastrophic failure of the Gallipoli Campaign he championed in the First World War
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