Sutherland's Portrait of Winston Churchill 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 public presentation, the painting was taken to his country home at Chartwell but was not put on display. After the death of Lady
International Churchill Society appreciative—those who can look at him, warts and all." The most recent patron of the International Churchill Society was The Lady Soames LG DBE from 1983 until her death in 2014. She was youngest daughter of Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine Churchill. From 1970 to 1979, the patron was Lord Mountbatten of Burma. The Society's offices are located in Washington, D.C. at the National Churchill Library and Center (NCLC). The predecessor organizations were the Winston S. Churchill Study Unit (1968), a chapter of the American Topical Association, and The Churchill Centre. In 1995, responding to an appeal by Lady