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Handkerchief: Portraits of Churchill
British
early 1940s
Medium/Technique
Silk (?)
Dimensions
Height x width: 13 x 13 1/2 in. (33 x 34.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf
Accession Number2011.2364
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionGreen hankerchief with twelve black/white portraits of Churchill around the border. In the center is the most iconic image of Churchill (with a cigar and tophat) and also two British flags.
ProvenanceBy 2011, with Chris Saunders of Sotherans, London; 2011, sold by Saunders to Jean and Frederic Sharf, Chestnut Hill, MA; 2011, year-end gift of the Sharfs to the MFA. (Accession date: January 25, 2012)