Sutherland's Portrait of Winston Churchill Sutherland, and Harriet Walter as Lady Churchill. The episode won Lithgow a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Sutherland's Portrait of Winston Churchill In 1954 the English artist Graham Sutherland was commissioned to paint a full-length portrait of Sir Winston Churchill. The 1,000 guinea fee for the painting was funded by donations from members of the House of Commons and House of Lords. The painting was presented to Churchill by both Houses of Parliament at a public ceremony in Westminster Hall on his 80th birthday on 30 November 1954. Churchill hated the portrait. After the
MS Winston Churchill MS Winston Churchill The MS "Winston Churchill" was built in 1967 by Cantieri Navali del Tirreno e Riuniti S.P.A. Riva Trigoso, Genoa, Italy. The "Winston Churchill" was built as a car ferry for the Scandinavian Seaways DFDS service from Esbjerg to Harwich, and proved a very successful vessel on the route. As demand for vehicle-carrying services grew, larger vessels were required for the route and the "Winston Churchill" was transferred to the River Tyne in 1978, for the twice-weekly service to Gothenburg, following the arrival of the new DFDS vessel on the Harwich route. She was eventually replaced on the