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A photograph taken by Yousuf Karsh on Dec. 30, 1941, after Winston Churchill addressed the Canadian Parliament.Credit...Winston Churchill Estate Supported by By Ian Austen Reporting from Ottawa ...
"Years later, in the Kremlin," Karsh would recall, "[Leonid] Brezhnev agreed to sit for me only if I made him as beautiful as Audrey Hepburn." Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Estrellita and ...
The theft of an iconic Churchill portrait by Yousuf Karsh went unnoticed for months. But two years later, the police have tracked down the photograph. By Ian Austen Like many people in Ottawa ...
In August 2022, Ottawa’s Fairmont Château Laurier hotel reported that Armenian-Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh’s ubiquitous 1941 “Roaring Lion” portrait, which has appeared on British ...
The 1941 portrait of the British leader taken by Ottawa photographer Yousuf Karsh is now ready for the last step of its journey home to the Fairmont Château Laurier, the hotel in Ottawa where it ...
The "Roaring Lion" has been found. A 1941 portrait of British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill by famed Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh, which was reported stolen from the lobby of Ottawa's ...
The 1941 image by Armenian photographer Yousuf Karsh appeared on the cover of Life magazine and is now featured on Britain’s five-pound note. Karsh took the photograph after Churchill delivered ...
Yousuf Karsh, the late Armenian-Canadian photographer, took the photo in 1941 after Churchill addressed the Canadian parliament on Dec 30. The photograph shows the British war-time prime minister ...
In 1929, Yousuf Karsh, one of the most noted portrait photographers of the 20th century, began his career in Boston. After many years in Canada, he later returned, spending the final five years of ...
A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II standing against the dramatic Highlands landscape of Balmoral is among almost 100 rarely seen photographs, negatives, and archival materials from the last 100 years ...