Winston Churchill (McVey)

Winston Churchill

Artist	William M. McVey
Year	1966
Type	Bronze
Dimensions	210 cm × 110 cm × 180 cm (84 in × 42 in × 72 in)
Location	Washington, D.C., United States
Coordinates	38°55.189′N 77°03.690′W / 38.919817°N 77.061500°W / 38.919817; -77.061500Coordinates: 38°55.189′N 77°03.690′W / 38.919817°N 77.061500°W / 38.919817; -77.061500
Owner	English Speaking Union

Winston Churchill is a portrait sculpture by William M. McVey. It is constructed of cast bronze.^[1]

History

It was unveiled by Dean Rusk, on 9 April 1966.^[2]

A model is in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.^[3]

The accompanying plaque notes that one of Churchill's feet is on American soil and one on British Embassy grounds, symbolizing his dual British-American ancestry and his work towards the maintenance of the Anglo-American alliance.

References

↑ "Winston Churchill, (sculpture).". Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey. 1993.
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120703054202/http://ukinusa.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-embassy/location-access/residence/residencechurchillstatue. Archived from the original on July 3, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ Winston ChurchillbyWilliam M. McVey/ American Art

External links

External video
"Winston Churchill statue", CSPAN

Virtual Globe Trotting
CHURCHILL, Winston: Statue at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., DC Memorials
Waymarking

Winston Churchill

Life	Winston Churchill as historian Winston Churchill as painter Winston Churchill as writer Winston Churchill in politics: 1900–39 Timeline War Rooms conferences Percentages agreement Statement on Atrocities European Advisory Commission Honours of Winston Churchill Later life of Winston Churchill The Other Club Blenheim Palace Chartwell St Martin's Church, Bladon

Writings	The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1898) Savrola (1899 novel) The River War (1899) London to Ladysmith via Pretoria (1900) Ian Hamilton's March (1900) Lord Randolph Churchill (1906) The World Crisis (1923–1931, five volumes) My Early Life (1930) Marlborough: His Life and Times (1933–1938, four volumes) Great Contemporaries (1937) Arms and the Covenant (1938) The Second World War (1948–1963, six volumes) A History of the English-Speaking Peoples (1956–1958, four volumes)

Speeches	"Blood, toil, tears, and sweat" "Be ye men of valour" "We shall fight on the beaches" "This was their finest hour" "Never was so much owed by so many to so few" "Iron Curtain"

Legacy and depictions	Palace of Westminster statue Parliament Square statue Washington, DC, statue Memorial Trusts Churchill Archives Centre The Churchill Centre US Churchill Museum Cultural depictions

Related	Norway Debate Terminological inexactitude Tonypandy Riots Sword of Stalingrad Operation Unthinkable

Family	Lord Randolph Churchill (father) Jennie Jerome, Lady Randolph Churchill (mother) John Strange Spencer-Churchill (brother) Clementine Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill (wife) Diana Churchill (daughter) Randolph Churchill (son) Sarah Churchill (daughter) Marigold Churchill (daughter) Mary Soames, Baroness Soames (daughter) Descendants John Spencer-Churchill (grandfather) Frances Anne Spencer-Churchill (grandmother) Leonard Jerome (grandfather) Clarissa Eden (niece)

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