The lost-wax casting of this bust from the original plaster was overseen by Alice Nemon Stuart, the daughter-in-law of the sculptor and manager of his artistic estate. The bronze bust is the third estate cast made from a life model that was created in the 1950s the others are on view in the capital cities of the other World War II allies-at the Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow and the Churchill War Rooms in London. Inscribed on the pedestal is a quotation from that speech: On December 26, 1941, on the eve of the entry of the United States into World War II, Churchill spoke to a Joint Session of Congress. In his private life, Sir Winston Churchill was an historian, author of more than 40 books, war correspondent, and painter. He is the only British Prime Minister to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature and was the first person to be made an honorary citizen of the United States. At the age of 25, Churchill was elected to Parliament, the beginning of his political career in the House of Commons.įor his leadership during World War II, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century. He graduated from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst with honors in 1894 and fought in Cuba, India, Egypt and South Africa and in World War I. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955, Sir Winston Churchill (1874–1965) also held many other important positions during his long career, including First Lord of the Admiralty, Minister of Munitions, and Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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