“Taken at Chartwell” (BRDW 1/2/96)

Photograph of WSC standing on the steps of the garden at Chartwell [Kent] holding the hand of Mary Churchill [later Mary Soames] as a toddler. WSC, facing the camera, is smiling, with a cigar in his mouth, and his free hand in his pocket, and is wearing a dark jacket, waistcoat and trousers, with a spotted bow tie. Mary is wearing a short white dress, while a woman’s hand and arm are visible on the right hand side of the photograph, holding on to Mary’s other hand.

c 1924