1965 Painting as a Pastime

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Colour Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Later US edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eighteen colour plates. Collated complete. A short essay from Churchill on his first impressions of painting as a hobby, and the sheer delight one can derive from this activity. Churchill was introduced to painting during a family holiday in June 1915, when his political career was at a low ebb. He continued this hobby into his old age, painting over five hundred pictures. He sold some works, but often gave away pieces that he self-deprecatingly described as "daubs". Written and illustrated by Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, a British statesman, military officer, and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. With a letter front The Lounge, at the Smithsonian Building in Washington D.C. referring to an exhibition organised by the Royal Oak Foundation of some of Churchill's works.