Churchill protested in private. Publicly, he only said that it was “a fine example of modern art”. His friends smiled: it was well-known that Sir Winston didn’t care for modern art. Churchill was so unhappy about the portrait that finally his wife had it destroyed. Churchill died at...
When Sir Winston Churchill, the great British Prime Minister, reached his eightieth birthday in November, 1954 , he was presented with his portrait by a well-known modern artist, Graham Sutherland. The painting had been ordered and paid for to 1 the Grand Old Man of World War. Sir Winston...
When Sir Winston Churchill , the great British prime minister, reached his eightieth birthday in November 1954, he was presented with his portrait by a well-known modern artist, Granham Sutherland. The painting had been ordered and paid by the members of Parliament(国会), who wanted to honor...
完形填空 When Sir Winston Churchill the great British Prime Minister reached his eightieth birthday in November 1954 he was presented with his portrait by a well-known modern artist Graham Sutherland. The painting had bee
Churchill was so unhappy about the portrait that finally his wife had it7. Churchill died at ninety in 1965. Lady Churchill8him in 1977. Shortly after her death, the public learned what had happened to the9, and a heated art broke out. The painter was10sad. The artist community, shocked...
【题目】完形填空When sir Winston Churchill, the great BritishPrime Minister, reached his eightieth birthday inNovember, 1954, he was presented with his portraitby a well-known modern artist, Graham Sutherland. The painting had been ordered and paid for to1 the Grand Old Man of World War I....
Sir Winston Churchill loved this place. He bought it on a whim, without consulting his wife, which was very out of character. He didn't even have the money for it, but managed to keep it on the proviso that it would go to the nation after his death, as it has done. ...
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Sir Winston Churchill will be forever associated with this now rather nondescript East London street, thanks to a series of events that occurred when he was Home Secretary. Known as the Siege of Sidney Street or the Battle of Stepney, the event was sparked when, on 16th December, 1910, a...
Also on This Day: 1667: Birth of writer Jonathan Swift; 1872: The first England v Scotland football match took place in Glasgow ending in a 0-0 draw; 1874: Birth of Sir Winston Churchill, a descendant of the Duke of Marlborough, in Blenheim Palace; 1900: Death of Irish-born playwright...